# 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.**

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

| We did it for | The artifact | The move to steal |
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|
| **Fine Line** | `reports/s1454-execute/FINE_LINE_INVENTORY.html` — "Open It All Up" | One page → **The Assembly Path (read this first)** → every artifact tagged `polished / stale / broken / missing` → "shortest honest path to the deliverable" |
| **Sonesta** | `docs/sonesta/franchise-research/SONESTA_FRANCHISE_OWNER_PACKAGE.md` | Opens with a **personal cover letter** → "the document itself is the proof of concept" |
| **Fine Line brand** | `briefs/fineline-proposal/FINE_LINE_BRAND_KIT.html` | Its **own flavor** — own typefaces, own palette. NOT the generic Genesis doc format. |

**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).

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## 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.

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## 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.

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## 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.**

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