April in Meridian Charter Township comes in loud: the Red Cedar runs brown and fast beneath the bridges, frost heaves itself out of the ground, and the lawns wake up matted from five months under snow. Meridian Lawn Pro starts right there — spring cleanups, winter debris raked away, the first cut of the year taken high before the growth gets ahead of anyone. After that it becomes the steady business of mowing, trimming and edging, week over week, until the leaves come down again. A first cut is a small ceremony; the whole street can see that the year has turned. That's a fine thing to be responsible for, from Okemos through Haslett and out toward Williamston.