Title:Owner of Supervac of Pensacola Provides a Veteran Perspective
Larry Morton got into the sweeping business because he had a mobile home park that had lots of trees. The leaves were a perpetual problem and he needed a way to keep it looking nice.
When he saw an ad for a Schwarze sweeper, he got the idea that if he bought a sweeper – and then got another customer or two to help pay for it – he could justify the expense.
At the time, total cost for a sweeper was about $15,000. His initial goal was to get enough business to operate the machine three nights a week, since he had a full-time job. In time, Morton grew his Supervac of Pensacola (a division of L.T.D. Enterprises) fleet to a 16-sweeper operation.
Title:Millennium Maintenance and Power Sweeping:
Proactive and Professional – 24/7/365
David Ross, owner of Millennium Maintenance & Power Sweeping, Inc. (MMPS) has become a sweeping and maintenance leader in the New England area. Beginning at the bottom and working his way to the top, he has established one of the New England area’s largest power sweeping and exterior facility maintenance companies.
Title:Guardian Management Company Strives to Nurture Both Customers and Employees
When Ross Barton got into the sweeping business he already had strong credentials as the manager for a large landscaping firm. That, combined with the positive way he and his wife, Tina, choose to run their business, has provided them with a path to success.
Title:Accusweep Services has Gained Long Term Success by Being a Team Operation
In 1987, David McCaskill worked as a sales rep for a local radio station. One day when he was at lunch with one of his clients, as he often did he asked the man what type of job he thought David would be best suited for. The customer said “What about the parking lot sweeping business?” He then went on to explain that he, himself, had a sweeper truck and swept his own parking lot.
After asking some of his other customers if he could sweep their lots, and getting positive answers, McCaskill got a sweeper and got to work. Today, going on 25 years later, the Accusweep Services Team sweeps parking lots and much more.
Title:Centroplex Sweeping Combines Savvy, Safety and Emphasis on Community Involvement
Alfred Lopez grew up around his father’s sweeping and pavement maintenance company. He clearly recalls that the part that fascinated him as a boy was watching the sweepers. There was even the night when he was about 12 that he snuck out to watch the sweeper go around in the parking lot nearby.
Today, as owner of Centroplex Sweeping, he runs a high profile company in which he combines business savvy with an emphasis on safety training and community involvement.
Title:C&J Parking Lot Sweeping, Inc. – One of America’s Top Echelon Sweeping Companies
Ray Confer already owned a landscaping business in 1978 when he started into sweeping. His new venture resulted from a request by a property manager that was a client of Confer’s landscaping company. At a Rotary meeting, the mall manager asked if he knew anything about sweeping parking lots.
Ray confessed that he didn’t know anything about sweeping – especially how to bid it. The mall manager responded that his current sweeping contractor had come into his office yelling and screaming at him. “If you go out and get a sweeper,” the manager told him, “I have a contract waiting for you.”
