In January the rose arches at Elizabeth Park stand bare and dark against the snow, and Prospect Avenue is the coldest, cleanest line in the city — West Hartford on one side, Hartford on the other. Hache Property Services, LLC works the dawn shift along those blocks, headlights on falling flakes, opening driveways one after another while the town is still under blankets. Snow removal is a job scored in minutes: every property cleared before somebody needs to leave for work is a small victory nobody sees but everybody feels. Walks are shoveled down to the surface, steps are cleared to the edge, and the ice that hides under fresh powder gets treated before it can catch anyone. When the sun finally comes up over the neighborhood, the pavement is already black and dry.