Montrose wakes slowly in winter, the floor of the valley holding its cold long after the ridges have color on them. A Plus Landscaping is out ahead of that, headlights swinging across driveways on the west side of town, pushing snow to the edges so the first trip of the day is an easy one. By May the same streets ask for something else entirely and the mowing lines come back, straight and dark against the hard western light. There is real satisfaction in an edge cut clean along a Montrose sidewalk, the kind you notice from the truck without meaning to. Snow removal and lawn care here are two halves of one long year, done for the same reason: the place should look looked-after.