The industrial parkways off Alpha Drive change shifts before dawn, which means the plowing has to be finished before anybody arrives. Troy Clogg Landscape Associates works both halves of Wixom's year — lots and drives cleared and salted through the cold months, mowing, trimming and edging once the ground firms up in spring. Michigan asks for range: leaf cleanups in a November drizzle, then a plow route the same week. Large properties reward planning and small ones reward attention, and the crews get plenty of both. A site that looks squared away at seven in the morning is the entire ambition.