Monument Square wakes early, and the aprons in front of the River Street storefronts have to be walkable before the doors unlock. Empire Softwash Professionals LLC runs snow work on exactly that clock — plowing lots and driveways, clearing sidewalks and entries, spreading salt and sand where the freeze-and-thaw keeps returning. Storms in Troy come up the valley and often finish as a hard glaze right at dawn. The measure of a good night is that nobody slips and nobody notices the work at all. Bare pavement by opening time is the only version that counts.