Grass along Clark Road wakes up slowly and then all at once, and after that it is a weekly conversation until October. Shovel and Blade mows it, runs the edger down the drive until the line is exact, and trims out everything the deck leaves behind. Spring cleanups clear the winter litter; fall cleanups take the leaves off before they pack down and smother the turf. There is a plain pride in handing back a yard that looks finished rather than merely cut. That is the work, week after week, across Ypsilanti Charter Township.