Snow in this part of Genesee County tends to arrive on the night shift, quiet over Flushing Charter Township while the houses sleep. Gath's Landscaping, LLC is out in it — plow down, driveways opened, steps and walkways cleared, salt laid where ice wants to set up. The point is simple and it is the whole job: when someone reaches for the door at six, the way out to the road is already there, and the drive toward Flint starts without a shovel. Township drives run long here, some of them gravel, and each one gets pushed back to its edges. Headlights, a clean apron of pavement, and on to the next one.