North American Sweeper Magazine

1-800-SWEEPER has created two value-added tools to its arsenal of marketing programs and materials. A Marketing Toolkit is now available to all 1-800-SWEEPER Partners via the 1-800-SWEEPER website. The toolkit is designed to offer brand guidelines and standards as well as marketing program templates and downloadable logos in a variety of formats to ensure brand […]

1-800-SWEEPER, the nationwide service alliance of independently owned power sweeping companies, partnered with the Veterans Matter organization to support their initiative to house homeless veteran’s this past Holiday Season. 1-800-SWEEPER was honored to support their initiative by sponsoring a charitable campaign, the 800 Challenge, beginning on Veterans Day – November 7, and running until December […]

They say that membership has its privileges and NAPSA proves that to be true! The North American Power Sweepers Association has added a powerful cost saving benefit to its cornucopia of services. If you are in this industry, you realize that the topic of health care benefits is a huge pain point so NAPSA went […]

The National Pavement Maintenance Leadership Academy graduated its first class of 17 in Stone Mountain, GA on November 6, 2019. The Leadership Academy is designed to help leaders in the pavement industry succeed through effective management training. Demands in our industry are constantly changing and the Leadership Academy provides essential tools to ensure success. The […]

New Fleet Fundamentals class, simplified Certified Sweeping Company requirements to be unveiled at National Pavement Expo The North American Power Sweeping Association (NAPSA) continues to cement its status as the industry’s leading creator of educational resources when it rolls out its new Fleet Fundamentals class at the 2020 National Pavement Expo, which takes place Jan. […]

The 8th Annual Sweeper Summit & Equipment Expo was another sweeping success! Held at the beautiful Evergreen Marriott Resort & Conference Center in Stone Mountain, GA, this year’s Summit focused on educational sessions and round table discussions on how to make our businesses better by learning from each other. The sessions were led by the […]

NAPSA will offer member businesses and their employees a wealth of new learning opportunities in 2020, including a new certification course and many topic sessions at upcoming the National Pavement Expo! The North American Power Sweeping Association (NAPSA) is currently preparing to roll out several exciting new programs in January 2020. NAPSA actively engages sweeping […]

My first editorial explained how I was fascinated with street sweepers as a child. The lights, sounds, moving parts and brushes scrubbing the ground were a magnet to follow as a child. It’s still that way. On any given day you can see a kid riding their bike, skateboard and/or running along on a sidewalk […]

Crack filling is the first line of defense for maintaining asphalt driveways, parking lots, or roadways and if done properly can be a huge revenue generating service for your business. Proper crack filling techniques can add years to the life span of an asphalt driveway, parking lot, or roadway. The key to successful crack filling […]

Greetings from NiteHawk Sweepers! As spring and summer are upon us, and after a long winter, it’s important to keep your trucks maintained and in exceptional shape. We all know how important record keeping is for vehicle maintenance. The obvious benefits of reduced downtime, driver accountability, budgeting, and long term planning can be found in […]