There is a right way to take snow off a lot: blade set to the pavement, passes laid so the piles end up where they will not block a sightline or melt back across the drive. Precision Landscapes works Sterling that way all winter — plowing, opening walks, and salting the seams and low spots where water gathers and turns to glass. Storms in this stretch of Illinois can hang around for a day and a half, which means going back out before anything sets up hard. Done well, the evidence is almost boring: dry concrete, square corners, nobody stepping carefully. That is the standard the whole night gets built around.