Regular readers of our blog may remember a story we ran about the Color Me Rad Race in Boston last summer.  Color Me Rad is a nationwide 5K race venue that travels city to city.  Runners start the race with a clean white t-shirt, and as they make their way through the course, they are doused with brightly colored cornstarch.  By the time runners hit the finish line, they sport a colorful rainbow of colors from head to toe.  We ran this story in part because race director Jessica Hall contacted 1-800-SWEEPER for post-race clean up assistance, and in part because she wrote a glowing testimonial that spoke to Immaculate Power Sweeping’s ability to leave the venue looking pristine in just a few short hours after the conclusion of the race.

This month’s edition of North American Sweeper Magazine has a fascinating interview with Immaculate’s Derek Grieco.  In this feature story, Derek explains in great detail how his company managed to clean up after the race, and how his conversations with race director Jessica Hall helped to create a new job spec for cleanup efforts for other venues in the Color Me Rad race circuit. …