Grand Rapids grew up around a set of rapids and a great many good trees — the maples arching over Heritage Hill, the oaks on the bluffs above the river, the silver maples in every older backyard. Mark's Professional Tree Service LLC works those Kent County streets, where a removal happens between a garage, a power drop, and a neighbor's peonies, and every piece has to be lowered rather than dropped. Tree trimming and pruning are the city's steady need: clearance over the sidewalk, deadwood out of a big old canopy, a crown balanced so a windy night stays boring. Storm damage cleanup is for the summer cells that come up the river valley and take limbs off whole blocks at once. A city street with its shade intact is worth the effort it takes to keep it that way.