Downtown Ferndale runs a few short blocks along Nine Mile, where the storefronts meet the sidewalk and there's simply no room for a mess. Go Cutters Lawncare LLC works both ends of the calendar there and in the blocks around it — mowing, trimming and edging the green strips and side yards in season, then clearing snow from drives and walks once the weather turns hard. A shoveled path in front of a door at seven in the morning is a small thing that changes somebody's entire day. Grass gets the same treatment: cut on time, finished at the borders. The area covers Ferndale and spreads out to Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak, Oak Park and Hazel Park.