The section roads around Marne run straight and gravel-dusted, splitting the countryside into neat squares, and in autumn they carry more tractors than cars. Summit Landscape Management Inc works the properties along them — lawn maintenance through the growing months, mowing and trimming and edging until growth finally slows with the cold. Then the equipment changes and the winter route begins, plowing driveways and lots clear of whatever comes in off the lake. Country properties measure a storm by how far it is from the house to the road, and the aim is to make that distance simple again by morning. Marne, Coopersville and the townships between them are the working area.