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Pleasant's shyness not an excuse for inaccessibility
It's the dream of every economic development official.
Someone from the private sector comes into the community and invests millions of dollars to refurbish buildings and rescue dying businesses. As a result, more people start visiting. Sales tax dollars increase; property values go up, and best of all, the investor seeks no government handouts in return.
How could anyone have a problem with that?
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- Louis Emmi greets his father when returning to their Aurelius home after work last June. Every day after work, Louis kissed his father on the head and talked about work. Louis now runs Emmi Construction, the business his father started. "When it comes to this business, he was a natural," Louis said. "For every problem, there's a solution. That's the way he was."
- Natalie Emmi bathes her husband Anthony in a bedroom of their Beech Tree Road home a few days before he died last July. As cancer spread through Anthony's liver, he became exhausted and his wife often bathed him in bed, where he could rest more comfortably. Their son Louis said it was difficult to watch his father battle cancer. "The hardest part was knowing what the overall outcome would be and watching it happen," he said.
- Since last July, the Emmi family has struggled with the loss of their patriarch, Anthony. While his legacy lives on through the 300+ buildings he built around Auburn, it continues growing every day through the new homes built by Emmi Construction, now run by his son Louis. "We hurt very, very much," the Rev. Robert Belligotti said. "This causes us great pain in our hearts. But, we can begin to feel good about Anthony. He was a master builder indeed."
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