Committee 01 deep dive

Heritage, Community Stability & Civic Infrastructure

Current working chair: Kim McHardy. This page presents the committee’s complete causal model, operating portfolio, outcomes, and measurement framework.

Purpose

Its role in the Heritage & Opportunity Alliance system

Committee 1 protects the physical, cultural, and civic foundation on which every other Heritage & Opportunity Alliance strategy depends. Preservation is living community development: document history, strengthen trusted institutions, stabilize generational property, increase resident knowledge of development systems, expand permanently affordable ownership, and build preservation capacity.

Formal IF → THEN

IF East Stuart builds trusted communication, documents its heritage, resolves property barriers, stabilizes homes, expands community-controlled land, and increases resident knowledge of development systems, THEN residents will be better positioned to remain in place, participate in redevelopment, and convert neighborhood investment into household and community assets.

The factual case

Why this committee is necessary.

The City’s 2023 East Stuart survey documented 166 historic buildings and one historic site across 26 blocks.
East Stuart was officially added to the National Register in 2026.
Stuart owner occupancy is 58.9% versus 79.6% countywide—a 20.7 percentage-point gap.

Strategic program portfolio

What Heritage & Opportunity Alliance does, why it matters, and what gets measured.

Church & Community Council

Trusted communication, recruitment, referrals, and civic mobilization.

Partners · referral completion

Research & Documentation Center

Oral histories, property research, photo archive, and State of East Stuart reporting.

Histories · assets · properties

Probate & Property Preservation

Household screening and qualified legal referrals.

Screened · referrals · resolved

Homeowner Stabilization

Repair and hardening navigation, homestead and tax education, and contractor literacy.

Homes stabilized · dollars leveraged

Community Land Trust & Acquisition

Capacity for permanent affordability and strategic community uses.

Parcels · acres · homes

Land & Development Academy

Zoning, title, financing, pro formas, CRA tools, and development review.

Graduates · projects · participation

Public History & Preservation

Markers, murals, Heritage Village, documentary, and preservation partnerships.

Resources · grants · visitors

Outcome ladder

What success looks like over time.

01
Near-term
Residents know where to obtain title, probate, repair, and land-development help; more heritage is documented.
02
Intermediate
Title matters are resolved, homes stabilized, residents complete land education, and CLT parcels advance.
03
Long-term
More households remain in stable ownership; strategic land is community-controlled; preservation dollars produce rehabilitation and public history.
04
Impact
Growth occurs with less displacement pressure and stronger resident voice while historic character remains useful and visible.

KPI scorecard

How the committee proves progress.

Property stabilityHouseholds screened · legal referrals · cases resolved · homes stabilized

Ownership & landCLT parcels and homes · controlled acreage · owner retention

Resident capacityAcademy completion · planning participation

HeritageOral histories · digitized assets · resources · grants

Institutional networkChurch partners · referrals · MOUs

Current planning anchor: 150 households screened; 50+ oral histories; 1,000+ heritage assets; 12 CLT homes or parcels advanced by 2036. These are planning anchors, not forecasts.

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