“Well we have a lot of work to be done,” said Ron Gobbell, project manager of the Second Avenue Recovery.
Yet, further down the block, a few buildings are just a touch up away from opening back up for business.
Amanda Topping, Breanna Hosey, James Wells, Tyler Luellen, Michael Sipos and an absent Timothy Miller make up the Nashville Six.
“Even just thinking about it, that’s the response I get,” said Hosey, as she fought back tears.
Topping said her solace lies in the promise of what comes next for Second Avenue.
“To come from where we were last year and what happened but turning it into something positive is really great,” said Toppings.