North American Sweeper Magazine

1-800-SWEEPER continually looks for programs and opportunities to help our Partners grow their business as well as grow professionally. We launched the National Pavement Maintenance Leadership Academy in 2019 and graduated 2 classes of 24. The program has since been on hiatus due to the pandemic and is expected to resume in 2022. We are […]

1-800-SWEEPER continues to grow as we welcome 4 new Partners so far in 2021. Clean Sweep of Orlando in Orlando, FL, Professional Cleaning Company in Rolling Hills, IL, More Clean of Texas in San Antonio, and our newest addition, A Clean Sweep in Grand Rapids, MI. “All four companies are welcome additions to the organization”, […]

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 […]