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See the complete list of Ultimate Sponsors on page 2 of this issue.
Please provide a brief history of your company.
C & L Sweeper Service was started by Charles & Lucille in
1971. C & L began to expand their services when they start-
ed to see an increase in the needs from their customers. This
diversification has been a gradual progression over the past
20 years. Over the last ten years however, they’ve really been
focusing on this business model to obtain more work in the
pavement maintenance area like sweeping, parking garage
scrubbing, power washing, line striping, milling & paving,
and street sign installation.
What is your role in the organization? What is
your background? How long have you been in
the industry?
Today I am a visionary, working with sales to develop the
business and continually seeking new opportunities for the
company to grow including acquisitions. The company has
grown from providing mainly sweeping services, to becoming
a fully operational pavement maintenance company. I am
second generation in a family business with my son Gabriel
starting a year ago to make it a third generation.
I graduated from Arizona State University in 1981 with a
marketing degree, and I have been involved in the industry
for over 30 years.
Is there a specific project or program that you
would like to highlight? Please describe.
We have many projects (too many to highlight), but we are
currently sweeping the Garden State Parkway, crack filling and
seal coating large retirement HOAs, and milling & paving large
shopping centers along with driveways throughout New Jersey.
What might someone be surprised to learn
about your company?
Culture is the foundation of how we run the company at
C & L. The culture is created by the core values that we have
set up and every employee has to embrace these values that
we’ve created. We use seven or eight core values in our
hiring process.
About a year ago, the C & L management team sat
down in an open forum to discuss what was important to
them. Everyone had an opportunity to discuss the values
that they thought were the most important for everyone in
the company to engender and that really drove the culture
here.
They took these 25-30 ideas down and agreed upon seven
of the most important ideas to them. Those ideas have been
put in their employee hand book and are discussed regularly
at employee meetings.
Have you or your company received any recent
awards or certifications?
We were just awarded the “Sweeper of the Year”
for 2016 by the National Pavement Maintenance
Magazine. C&L is the first company to pass the certified
sweeper contractor in New Jersey and one of the first 10
in the USA.
What trends do you see for the community
association industry?
CAI will be continuing to be a driving force in New Jersey
in education, legislation and the ability to network with your
peers.
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C & L provides pavement
maintenance services, including
sweeping, parking garage
scrubbing, power washing, line
striping, milling and paving, and
street sign installation.