Traffic starts moving through the I-696 trench before the sky has any light in it, and by then the small lots and storefronts along the Mile roads need to be open and safe underfoot. PK Outdoor Maintenance keeps that side of Royal Oak in order — mowing, trimming, edging and the cleanup work at both edges of the season, then plowing the lots, clearing the walkways and spreading salt through winter. Commercial ground comes with a deadline built into it; a house has someone walking out the door at seven. Either way the standard is the same: finished before anyone needs it. There is a quiet good feeling in leaving a property at first light looking like nothing ever happened there.