Gutter Talk

Sweeper Summit

Welcome to the Sweeper Summit Gutter Talk Podcast Series — the podcast where the Street Sweeping industry gets real. Each month, we sit down with the people shaping the trade: business owners, manufacturers, industry thought leaders, even municipality decision makers pushing the work and clean city missions forward. Whether you're running crews, building product, or just getting your business off the ground, this is where the views are exchanged and where learned value gets real.

Episodes

  1. Sep 17

    Gutter Talk - Episode 5, Featuring Mark Carter & Host Timm Morrison

    Welcome to the fifth episode of the #SweeperSummit #GutterTalk Podcast Series — the podcast where the street sweeping industry gets real. Each month, we sit down with the people shaping the trade: business owners, manufacturers, industry thought leaders, and the municipal decision-makers driving clean-city missions forward. In this episode, host Timm Morrison — aka Sweeper Man — sits down with Mark Carter, President of Peloton Sweeping.Register for Sweeper Summit 2026 at ⁠sweepersummit.com⁠.--Mark Carter has been involved in the sweeping industry since the 1980s. He is a frequent speaker at the National Pavement Expo, a past president and current Board Secretary of NAPSA. He was on the Award Winning CAI-OC Publications committee for almost ten years and even served on the CAI-OC Board.Mark headed the NAPSA committee that wrote the original industry certification for sweeping companies. He is currently involved with the updated (American National Standards Institute “ANSI” approved) industry standard working on the ongoing education for sweeping company owners and managers.As project coordinator for SweeperSchool.com, Mark helped combine the experience of 30+ sweeping professionals to create the national certification courses for sweeper operators/drivers. He then took the courses himself. “I can’t expect my people to do what I’m not willing to do”.In 2011 as a Founding Board Member Mark helped establish 1-800-SWEEPER, a marketing, buying and benchmarking co-op now representing over 54 companies, 1,500 pieces of equipment and 2,000 employees. He served on the board of directors for seven years.In 2018 Mark received the first North American Power Sweeping Association Lifetime Achievement Award.In 2019 he was awarded the Alan Curtis Industry Service Award and was inducted into the Pavement Industry Hall of Fame.--#SweeperSummit #Podcast #Subscribe #PelotonSweeping #SweeperSummit2026 #SweeperMan #EquipmentExpo #HOA #MobileHome #LetsGetDirty #ParkingLotSweeping #MunicipalSweeping #FleetManagement #BusinessGrowth #SmallBusiness #Networking #Leadership

  2. Sep 4

    Gutter Talk - Episode 4, Featuring Mikel Williams, Gregory L. McPartlin & Host Timm Morrison

    Welcome to the fourth episode of the #SweeperSummit #GutterTalk Podcast Series — the podcast where the street sweeping industry gets real. Each month, we sit down with the people shaping the trade: business owners, manufacturers, industry thought leaders, and the municipal decision-makers driving clean-city missions forward. In this episode, host Timm Morrison — aka Sweeper Man — sits down with Mikel Williams, Senior Engineer, San Antonio River Authority, and Gregory L. McPartlin, Principal Consultant, Urban Quarries. Register for Sweeper Summit 2026 at sweepersummit.com. – Mikel Wilkins is a Senior Engineer at San Antonio River Authority where he leads a team of engineers, planners, and landscape designers in the development of nature-based solutions master plans for major watersheds of the SA River basin. Mr. Wilkins is a professional environmental engineer with 30 years of experience focusing on planning and design of nature-based solutions, parks, and trails throughout the United States. He has also worked as an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University within the Masters of Sustainable Design program teaching sustainability frameworks including SITES and Envision since 2018. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelwilkins/ Website: https://www.sariverauthority.org/ – Gregory L. McPartlin has more than 25 years of experience working in the water, environmental technology, and stormwater sectors. He is a consultant with Progressive Sweeping Contractors, Principle Consultant for Urban Quarries, and a member of the Clean Streets = Cleaner Waters steering committee. His work focuses on bringing together contractors, municipalities, regulators, manufacturers, and stormwater leaders to advance street sweeping as a measurable water-quality and MS4 compliance tool. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-l-mcpa… Website: https://urbanquarriesus.com/

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Welcome to the Sweeper Summit Gutter Talk Podcast Series — the podcast where the Street Sweeping industry gets real. Each month, we sit down with the people shaping the trade: business owners, manufacturers, industry thought leaders, even municipality decision makers pushing the work and clean city missions forward. Whether you're running crews, building product, or just getting your business off the ground, this is where the views are exchanged and where learned value gets real.