When a band sets up off Lake Michigan, Byron Township hears about it an hour after the shoreline does, and then it snows sideways for a day and a half. Hansen Lawn and Snow Works answers with plows and shovels, opening drives and walkways so the morning can go on as planned. In the warm half of the year those same properties get mowing, trimming and cleanup on a steady weekly turn. West Michigan offers both extremes and not much middle ground, which is a fair thing to build a working week around. Either season, the measure is a property somebody can walk out onto without a second thought.