THE JOSHUA TREE PACKAGE — Build Plan (for Stephen + the City)

Current as of Aug 23 night: Live packet numbers are on the one-page board and the filled City form. Working priced exterior $84,680.59 including handicap entrance $5,000. Downtown HURD / BID is parked — not this filing. Basement is not a use. This file is lineage; do not file from it if it disagrees with the board.

One hub. Three parts. Its own flavor. This is the last piece that pulls everything together.

The pattern we already use (do not invent — reuse)

Joshua Tree gets its own flavor: stone, railroad, light-through-the-arch, craftsman's hands. Warm gray stone + a single ember orange (the concrete openings being reopened) + Cormorant for the story voice. Not wood-and-brass (that's Fine Line's), not hotel-navy (that's Sonesta's).

The three parts of the hub

1. THE VISION — for the City (the part that is "boring half-ass" right now)

A single scroll that casts the story the way the City scores it (RURD priority #6 = Marketing/Branding is literally worth points):

• Past — railroad Helena, the 1935 earthquake that took the liquor warehouse next door, Nash-Finch distribution, the Christie truck.
• The 76 years — Capital Transfer, the Horne family, John Horne's own words from the news.
• Now — the stone, the poured-shut openings, the wells, the barn doors (real photos).
• The craftsman — Stephen, 30 years of local making, restoring the face of the district.
• The ask — private money for the shop, City match for the public face.

This is not a new story. The story site already exists. This is the elevated, city-facing version — the one that makes the board want to say yes.

2. THE LINKS — the resource hub (the "main link page" you asked for)

One page, every link compiled, clickable, grouped:

The application

• The City's own 15-page form (filled) — JOSHUA_TREE_APPLICATION.html
• The owner permission letter (Horne, unsigned)

The money

• City Railroad URD TIF page (helenamt.gov)
• Montana Main Street Program (second façade source)
• Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund (jobs)
• Montana Historic Preservation Grant (next cycle)
• Preserve Montana / historic tax credits

The proof

• The county tax card (taxid 2852 — proves in-district, taxes paid)
• The KTVH Capital Transfer closure story
• "Helena As She Was" (Nash-Finch @ 1316 verified)
• Precedents (Pattern House ~$75K, YWCA ~$150K)

The work

• The two window quotes
• The story site + board presentation + worksite

3. THE STATUS — for Stephen (the "here's where you're at" part)

A client-facing one-pager that says, in plain English:

• Green — research done, story told, three money lanes mapped, application drafted.
• Waiting on him — the few more bids (he said they're coming), John Horne's signature, the lease, headcount, basement use.
• The one next move — the City eligibility call (already in motion).

Each line tagged like the Fine Line inventory — done / waiting / needs-a-fact — so Stephen sees in ten seconds what's left and what it costs.

How it ships

1. One HTML file, JOSHUA_TREE_PACKAGE.html, on the Desktop + in the repo.
2. Its own stylesheet (stone + ember, Cormorant voice) — not the generic Genesis doc format, not Fine Line's palette.
3. Link it from the existing JOSHUA_TREE_COMMAND_CENTER.html as the top item, so Carter always has one door.

The honest order of work (next session)

1. Build the links hub first (30 min — it's just compiling what exists, no new content).
2. Build the status page (15 min — it's the Fine Line tag pattern applied).
3. Build the vision scroll (the only real creative lift — re-mount the existing story site into the elevated city-facing frame, no new facts, no invention).
4. One file. Open in Chrome. Done.

Nothing sends. Nothing files. Stephen and the City see nothing until Carter says the word.

This plan is the deliverable. The hub is the only missing piece. Everything else already exists.