In Constantine the cold comes off the seed-corn flats with nothing to slow it down, and by three in the morning a driveway can be gone entirely. Elite Site Solutions LLC works those hours, plowing and shoveling while the St. Joseph River runs black under the bridge. Lots get opened wide, walks cleared down to the pavement, and salt laid where shade keeps the ice honest all day. A Water Street storefront with a bare sidewalk before the first customer tries the door is the whole reason for the early alarm. By the time the sun comes up over the river bend, the town is already moving.