Ameren, Rebuilding Together St. Louis build accessible ramp [Video]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Electrical company Ameren and the nonprofit Rebuilding Together St. Louis joined forces to support a woman who has struggled to get in and out of her house for years. 

Volunteers drilled and sawed wood outside of a home in St. John in north St. Louis County on Saturday. 

Construction manager Anthon Gartner said that Katherine Love had a stroke back in 2016 and had lost her husband the same year. She had been confined to her bed with illness since.

He and his crew partnered with Ameren to install and ramp and walkway in front of the woman’s home in addition to new stairs at the back of the house. 

“If there was a fire and she had to somehow get out the back, it was impossible,” he …