Clear Creek leaves the canyon in a hurry and slows once it reaches Wheat Ridge, sliding through cottonwoods behind streets that still keep their half-acre lots. DGD Services works those lots on both sides of the calendar — mowing, edging and cleanup while the grass is running, plowing and shoveling once the cold takes hold. There is a real satisfaction in a driveway opened to bare concrete before the block has found its first cup of coffee, and another in a lawn whose border reads like a line drawn with a straightedge. Snow along the creek can be heavy and wet in March or dry and quick in January, and the work adjusts without complaint either way. Homes and businesses across Wheat Ridge and out toward Arvada and Lakewood get the same steady attention.