Harbor Springs empties out after Labor Day, and by January the houses up on the bluff stand dark, shutters closed, waiting. Cutting Edge Caretaking works that quiet stretch — plowing drives and clearing walks so a lane stays open all winter, keeping ice off steps nobody has climbed since fall. Then the thaw arrives, the town refills, and the same properties want mowing, trimming, edging and a cleanup that erases six months of weather. Winter runs long here and the snow keeps coming off Lake Michigan well into March, which makes an opened driveway feel like a small act of loyalty. Both halves of the year, the same houses, looked after either way.