The Clinton River makes its slow bend right through the middle of Utica, and the ground near it holds the morning cool long after the rest of the city has warmed. DJ's Landscape INC is out at that hour, first gate of the day, mower down while the river fog is still lifting off the low lawns. A city of about a square mile means the work sits close together — one street to the next, the same faces on the sidewalk each week. What the crew leaves behind is uniform height, straight lines along the walks, and clippings cleared off the concrete instead of left to wash toward the storm drain. Lawn mowing, trimming, edging and seasonal cleanups in Utica and the townships around it.