Lincoln keeps its courthouse in the middle and lays the town out around it, so every street has a center to answer to. C&G Services mows and trims the yards on those blocks, edging the walks until the line between grass and sidewalk is a decision rather than an accident. Central Illinois summers arrive with weight, and a lawn either gets managed or gets ahead of you, which is what the weekly round is for. Beds are cleared in the spring and again when the leaves come down off the old shade trees. It is a good feeling to leave a street looking better than you found it.