Barb City in midsummer: heat shimmering over the lots along Sycamore Road, and every green strip in front of every building asking for attention at once. DeKalb Exterior Maintenance takes that on — mowing on a route, trimming around signs and light poles, running the edge along curb lines, hauling the clippings so nothing is left but the cut. A commercial frontage tells the truth about a place, and a sharp mow line reads even from a moving car. The work starts early, before the asphalt turns into an oven and the wind picks up out of the southwest. By evening the whole corridor looks like somebody is paying attention.