Bellevue · Hermitage Road Historic District, behind Linwood Holton Elementary
Thirteen Acres
A public decision record for the future of the historically protected house behind Linwood Holton Elementary.
Current decision
Which funded, feasible future best serves Holton, Bellevue, and the wider Richmond network?
This page shows the shared standard and the questions this place is using. Place-specific tuning opens with the community. Weights, dissent, and the working model stay with the coalition.
Enter coalition passageScenario states
Turn the decision dial
Stable, named states respond to validated criteria. They do not silently rewrite history.
Learning commons
Extend learning, family support, and civic life beyond the school day.
Decision dial
Move through the modeled futures.
Public standard
How this future is read
Learning commons is read against the same questions as every other state. Carrying, forming, and open are public readings. A seat adopts a weight in the coalition passage.
| Shared dimension | Typical weight | What it asks |
|---|---|---|
| Relevance | 25% | Links claim to actual decision context, owner, and boundary (where/when) |
| Actionability | 25% | Offers concrete next step with owner, time window, and evidence of completion |
| Specificity and evidence | 20% | Cites source, date, location, or metric with screenshots, record IDs, or dataset names |
| Constructiveness | 15% | Replaces heat with clarity, compares alternatives, states tradeoffs without attacking |
| Feasibility | 15% | Acknowledges constraints, provides minimal viable step with realistic capacity and budget |
Community fit
Does the future serve the people closest to the place?
Community fit is carrying in this future. The public reading can see it. Adopting it is a coalition act.
Shared standard · Relevance
Learning value
Does it extend safe, useful learning beyond the school day?
Learning value is carrying in this future. The public reading can see it. Adopting it is a coalition act.
Shared standard · Actionability
Physical feasibility
Can the alternative survive structural, code, access, and preservation review?
Physical feasibility is forming. This future acknowledges it, and it is not yet a reason to advance.
Shared standard · Feasibility
Operating durability
Is there a credible operator, staffing model, and maintenance pathway?
Operating durability is forming. This future acknowledges it, and it is not yet a reason to advance.
Shared standard · Feasibility
Capital readiness
Can the project assemble and sustain the required capital stack?
Capital readiness is forming. This future acknowledges it, and it is not yet a reason to advance.
Shared standard · Feasibility
Regional complementarity
Does the project fill a gap or strengthen an existing regional network?
Regional complementarity is carrying in this future. The public reading can see it. Adopting it is a coalition act.
Shared standard · Specificity and evidence
Historical continuity
Does the future preserve meaningful place memory and public accountability?
Historical continuity is carrying in this future. The public reading can see it. Adopting it is a coalition act.
Shared standard · Constructiveness
Published stories that mention this place are on the VoiceBuild cards. Each card cites the outlet and the record that published it.