FOOTHOLDProperty operations for corridor sites
Planning library
The working documents.
This is the build-out behind Foothold — strategy, operations, money, risk and land care. Most of it is stubbed with a purpose line and filled in over time. It is public but not linked from the main navigation.
Core planning set
The same set we hold for every venture — strategy, money, risk, calendar, governance.
- By the NumbersThe handful of figures that describe the venture at a glance.stub
- The Long ViewWhere Foothold is going over ten years, and what has to be true along the way.stub
- NorthstarThe single outcome every decision is measured against.stub
- StandardsWhat every Foothold property and every Foothold interaction has to meet.stub
- Operating CalendarThe year laid out by season — land work, occupancy, maintenance, owner reviews.stub
- Founder's JobWhat the founder does personally, and what gets handed off by when.stub
- Ops HandbookHow the work actually runs, day to day, per property.stub
- Financial ModelRevenue by service line, cost to operate a door, and the path to breakeven.stub
- Funding SequenceWhat gets funded how, in what order, from management fees to acquisition capital.stub
- Risk AssessmentWhat can break the venture, ranked, with the mitigation for each.stub
- Key DatesDeadlines that move everything else — permits, seasons, agreements, launches.stub
- Geographic AssessmentThe corridor read town by town: supply, demand, zoning posture, drive times.stub
- Comparable ModelsOperators doing part of this well, and what we take from each.stub
- One-PagerThe venture on a single page, for an owner, a lender or a partner.stub
- Action PlanThe next ninety days, sequenced, with owners and dates.stub
- GovernanceEntity structure, decision rights, and the separation from Three Field Commons.stub
- Partnership LandscapeCleaners, trades, vineyards, land trusts and agencies worth knowing in the corridor.stub
Venture-specific
The documents particular to operating and acquiring lodging in this corridor.
- Owner Offer & Fee ScheduleWhat we sell an owner, at what price, with what included and excluded.stub
- Property Intake & Zoning ScreenThe questions and checks every property clears before we take it on.stub
- Acquisition Thesis (stage two)What Foothold buys itself, when, and why those parcels.stub
- Guest Experience StandardThe arrival, the stay and the departure, specified.stub
- Turnover & Stewardship SOPStep-by-step turnover and land-care procedure, per property type.stub
- Land Care Plan TemplateThe seasonal plan format we write for every property with acreage.stub
- Management Agreement BriefPlain-language terms of the owner agreement, ahead of legal drafting.stub
- Launch PlaybookEmpty building to first booked night, in order, with lead times.stub
- Corridor Market MapBanks to McMinnville lodging inventory, rates and gaps.stub