Maysville heritage-restoration small shop carrying Section 106, Kentucky Heritage Council, and Secretary of the Interior's Standards credentials across the Russell Theatre, Old Washington, the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center, and the USACE Maysville Riverwalk.

The Russell Theatre Foundation phased capital-campaign demand pool. The Foundation's $3 million campaign moves in phases (lobby, auditorium, decorative-plaster, period-glazing, theatrical-rigging, MEP, life-safety) with each phase generating a discrete project-bid cycle under Secretary of the Interior's Standards plus Section 106 documentation if any federal funds are stacked. The 2019 UK Gatton auditorium-seats donation is documented; the remaining-scope lobby plus decorative-fabric plus theatrical-rigging plus MEP phases run through a 2026-2030 horizon (the exact phase schedule and HTC election are pending verification against RTF capital-campaign reporting and KZF Design architect documentation). Per-phase project value sits in a working $40,000-$400,000 range for the trades sub-scope under the architect-of-record; the decorative-plaster plus theatrical-rigging plus period-glazing sub-scopes carry the narrowest competitive bench because most regional GCs do not stock period-fabric restoration capability.

The Old Washington plus Kentucky Gateway Museum Center plus Cox Building heritage-district demand pool. The Old Washington preserved street grid carries an estimated 30-80 contributing structures (exact National Register of Historic Places contributing-structure count, pending verification). Continuing repointing plus period-trim carpentry plus slate-and-tin-roof plus period-glazing plus period-paint plus period-textile work runs on the pre-1800 and 19th-century fabric at the rate that aging masonry, roof systems, window-sash, and paint-and-finish surfaces dictate — typical Section 106-flagged or SOTI-compliant single-structure project values $25,000-$120,000 across 2026-2030. KGMC's collections-conservation work (period-paint plus period-paper plus period-textile plus climate-controlled storage upgrades plus casework plus interpretive-signage production) sits at $10,000-$60,000 per engagement on a 2-4-per-year cadence. The Cox Building and downtown Maysville Main Street parcels generate adjacent small-commercial heritage-sensitive rebuild and repointing scope under Kentucky Heritage Council coordination if the City of Maysville carries Certified Local Government program status, which is pending verification.

The USACE Maysville Riverwalk and Section 106-flagged flood-wall and pump-station demand pool. The 1930s-era WPA-cycle Maysville flood-wall and the 2018 post-flood pump-station and Riverwalk repair cycle have generated a multi-year Section 106 review pipeline under USACE Louisville District plus Kentucky Division of Water plus City of Maysville. Section 106-flagged infrastructure-rehab sub-scope where the crew can compete sits in the $40,000-$180,000 per-engagement range with 2-5 engagements per year through 2026-2030 if the 2026-2030 USACE plus KDOW plus City of Maysville Riverwalk capital-improvement project pipeline runs at announced pace; the 2026 USACE Louisville District scope and small-business set-aside posture are pending verification.

The Maysville-resident private-historic-property and federal HTC Part 1/2/3 application demand pool. Maysville's downtown National Register Historic District and the Old Washington district both qualify Maysville-resident private historic-property owners for the federal historic tax credit (26 USC §47, 20 percent rehabilitation credit) plus the Kentucky state preservation-tax-credit (KRS 171.3961). The Part 1 (significance plus contributing-structure certification) plus Part 2 (work-scope SOTI compliance certification) plus Part 3 (completed-work certification) NPS-administered HTC application sequence requires technical-assistance discipline that overlaps with the trades-scope discipline; the crew's value to private-owner clients is the bundled trades plus application-documentation sub-scope. Estimated 4-12 Maysville-resident HTC-electing private-property projects per year at $80,000-$350,000 trades scope per project across 2026-2030.

Bundle logic and the credential moat. The crew runs four modes interleaved across the calendar: Russell Theatre Foundation phased-project subcontract scope (longest lead-time, architect-of-record-supervised, narrowest competitive bench inside decorative-plaster plus theatrical-rigging plus period-glazing); Old Washington plus KGMC plus Cox Building heritage-district scope (recurring, mid-engagement, Section 106 plus SOTI documentation at the contributing-structure parcel level); USACE Maysville Riverwalk Section 106-flagged infrastructure-rehab sub-scope (federal-prime-routed, Davis-Bacon plus certified-payroll plus 36 CFR 800 Section 106 plus 2 CFR 200 federal-grant-procurement-compliance discipline); and Maysville-resident private-historic-property HTC Part 1/2/3 sub-scope (direct-to-owner, application-and-documentation specialty, highest-margin per engagement). The bundle does NOT pursue prime GC scope on the Russell Theatre Foundation phased work — that scope routes through KZF Design Cincinnati architect-of-record-coordinated regional primes with established subcontractor benches. The bundle targets specialty-trades sub-flow inside those primes' subcontracting plans plus direct-to-Foundation and direct-to-owner work on the heritage-district plus HTC-private plus Section 106-USACE pools.

The Mason heritage cluster runs four anchors at the same time, with no disaster catalyst driving the calendar. Old Pogue at roughly 200 barrels a year is supporting-feature upkeep at the tasting room and Pogue family estate, not a bourbon-vertical anchor in its own right. The work is private, state, and federal at the same time across the Russell Theatre, Old Washington, the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center, and the USACE Riverwalk.

Russell Theatre Foundation phased subcontract — typical 4-12 week mobilization, 3-5 person specialty crew under KZF Design architect-of-record supervision; decorative-plaster + theatrical-rigging + period-glazing + period-paint + life-safety + MEP-coordination scope: $40,000-$400,000 per engagement at 1-3 engagements per year at maturity through the 2026-2030 phased schedule.

Old Washington plus Cox Building plus Maysville downtown contributing-structure parcel scope — typical 6-16 week mobilization, 3-5 person specialty crew; KHC SHPO coordination plus SOTI documentation; period-window restoration plus repointing plus period-trim carpentry plus slate-and-tin-roof plus period-paint scope: $25,000-$120,000 per engagement at 4-8 engagements per year at maturity. KGMC conservation plus collections-management plus exhibit-installation engagement at $10,000-$60,000 per engagement at 2-4 per year.

USACE Maysville Riverwalk plus flood-wall plus pump-station Section 106-flagged sub-scope — typical 4-12 week mobilization, 3-5 person crew; Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage plus certified-payroll plus 36 CFR 800 Section 106 plus 2 CFR 200 federal-grant-procurement-compliance; historically-sensitive masonry plus Riverwalk paving plus flood-marker installation: $40,000-$180,000 per engagement at 2-5 engagements per year at maturity.

Maysville-resident HTC Part 1/2/3 private-property project — typical 8-24 week mobilization, 3-5 person specialty crew; NPS Technical Preservation Services plus KHC SHPO coordination plus SOTI work-scope certification; period-window plus period-trim plus repointing plus period-paint plus interior-millwork scope plus application-documentation specialty: $80,000-$350,000 per engagement at 4-12 engagements per year at maturity. Old Pogue tasting-room plus Pogue family estate supporting-feature upkeep at $8,000-$45,000 per engagement at 2-5 per year.

Year 1 (founder plus part-time bookkeeper; 1 RTF phased subcontract + 2-3 Old Washington and Cox Building parcels + 1-2 KGMC engagements + 2-3 Maysville-resident HTC private projects): $350,000-$650,000 revenue base; founder take-home $60,000-$110,000. Year 2 (founder plus foreman plus helper additions; 2 RTF phased + 4-6 Old Washington parcels + 2-3 KGMC + 1-3 USACE Riverwalk Section 106-flagged sub-scope + 4-6 HTC private + 2-3 Old Pogue supporting-feature engagements): $700,000-$1.2M revenue base; founder take-home $100,000-$170,000. Year 3 onward (founder + 3-5 helpers + part-time SOTI-trained heritage-foreman; 2-3 RTF phased + 6-8 Old Washington parcels + 3-4 KGMC + 2-5 USACE Section 106-flagged + 6-10 HTC private + 3-5 Old Pogue supporting-feature engagements): $1.2-$2.2M revenue base; sustained founder take-home $150,000-$260,000. Above $260,000 sustained take-home requires expansion into multi-county heritage scope across Bracken, Fleming, Lewis, Nicholas, and Robertson or into prime-GC heritage scope on RTF lead-architect work — outside this candidate's founder lane.

Founder-side capital $200,000-$800,000. Used pickup plus work van plus small-fleet service truck plus heritage-restoration work trailer $35,000-$70,000. Heritage-trades tool kit (table saw, miter saw, brad and finish nailers, sprayer, sanders, ladders, plaster-repair kit, period-glazing kit, slate-and-tin-roof kit, masonry-repointing kit) $25,000-$55,000. Period-millwork plus specialty-restoration shop kit (heritage-window glazing supplies plus period-paint plus period-textile plus period-paper conservation supplies plus climate-controlled small-shop inventory) $20,000-$50,000. Initial materials float plus working capital plus project-bid bonding capacity build $40,000-$120,000. General liability plus workers-comp plus heritage-restoration E&O insurance $12,000-$30,000 initial. EPA Lead RRP plus KHC SHPO coordination training plus SOTI familiarity plus 36 CFR 800 Section 106 process training plus 2 CFR 200 plus Davis-Bacon plus Section 3 administrative literacy plus HTC Part 1/2/3 application training $8,000-$20,000. Certified-payroll software (LCPtracker or eMars) $3,000-$8,000 Year 1. 6-12 month payroll bridge for 3-5 helpers plus working-capital reserve $60,000-$200,000. KZF Design Cincinnati architect-of-record subcontract pre-qualification plus small-shop bonding capacity build $5,000-$20,000.

The bottom of the range corresponds to founder plus 1 foreman plus 1 helper Maysville-resident-private-property HTC-focused entry with Russell Theatre Foundation phased subcontract pursuit in Year 1; the upper range corresponds to founder plus foreman plus 3-5 helpers plus SOTI-trained heritage-specialty foreman-partner with simultaneous RTF plus Old Washington plus USACE Riverwalk Section 106-flagged plus HTC private pursuit from Year 1 plus bonding capacity build for USACE sub-prime work.

• Russell Theatre Foundation (RTF)

  501(c)(3) — phased capital campaign since 2002; $3M aggregate; $250K state lobby-phase grant; 2019 UK Gatton seats donation; KZF Design Cincinnati architect-of-record

  Active in market

  9 East Third Street Maysville. Foundation board governance + 2026 capital-campaign-completion status + remaining-phase project schedule + HTC Part 1/2/3 election pending verification.
• Old Washington Historic Foundation

  1786-incorporated historic district inside City of Maysville's annexed footprint — preserved frontier-village

  Active in market

  Washington portion of Maysville. Predates Washington D.C. designation by three years. Harriet Beecher Stowe slave-auction-witnessing site (1833) factual framing only. Albert Sidney Johnston associated-property factual framing only — no comparative-blame. Annexation date not yet confirmed.
• Kentucky Gateway Museum Center (KGMC)

  Multi-component museum complex — Mason County Museum + Browning Miniatures + Genealogical Library + Underground Railroad interpretive programming

  Active in market

  215 Sutton Street Maysville. NPS Network to Freedom designation explicitly pending verification— NOT claimed in any public-facing prose until verified. 501(c)(3) governance + 2024-2026 IMLS + NEH + NEA + KHC grant-channel ledger not yet confirmed.
• USACE Louisville District (Maysville Riverwalk + flood-wall + pump-station)

  Federal flood-mitigation + Ohio River navigation + Section 106 cultural-resources coordination

  Out-of-county

  lrl.usace.army.mil. 2026-2030 Maysville Riverwalk + flood-wall + pump-station capital-improvement pipeline + small-business setaside posture pending verification.
• Kentucky Heritage Council (KHC) / State Historic Preservation Office

  Section 106 NHPA + 36 CFR 800 review authority + Kentucky state preservation-tax-credit under KRS 171.3961 + Certified Local Government program coordination with NPS

  Out-of-county

  heritage.ky.gov. KHC technical-assistance plus CLG coordination on Mason heritage cluster.
• NPS Technical Preservation Services + NPS Heritage Documentation Programs

  Federal historic tax credit (26 USC §47) Part 1 + Part 2 + Part 3 certification sequence administrator (in coordination with state SHPOs)

  Out-of-county

  nps.gov/tps. HTC Part 1/2/3 application channel for Maysville-resident private-historic-property owners.
• Kentucky Division of Water (KDOW)

  State water-quality and floodplain coordination — Riverwalk + flood-wall scope

  Out-of-county

  eec.ky.gov/Environmental-Protection/Water.
• FEMA Region IV + Kentucky Emergency Management (KYEM)

  HMGP flows + 2018 Ohio River flood declaration close-out coordination

  Out-of-county

  kyem.ky.gov. 2018 FEMA disaster declaration number not yet confirmed.
• KYTC District 9 (Flemingsburg HQ)

  Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge $23.4M active rehab program 2022-current — coordination on heritage-adjacent bridge-approach scope

  Institution

  Director Steve Gunnell. 10-county service area Bath + Boyd + Carter + Elliott + Fleming + Greenup + Lewis + Mason + Nicholas + Rowan.
• Save America's Treasures (SAT)

  NPS + NEA + NEH + IMLS joint federal heritage-grant program

  Out-of-county

  nps.gov/preservation-grants. Possible Russell Theatre + KGMC funding stream not yet confirmed.
• National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP)

  National heritage-advocacy + grant + technical-assistance channel

  Out-of-county

  savingplaces.org. Mason-resident project presence not yet confirmed.
• Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

  Federal museum-and-library-grant channel — KGMC conservation + collections-management scope

  Out-of-county

  imls.gov.
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) + National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

  Federal humanities + arts grant channels — KGMC + RTF + Old Washington programming

  Out-of-county

  neh.gov + arts.gov.
• Maysville-Mason County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)

  Destination-marketing + cooperative-marketing + cross-promotion channel for heritage-district programming

  Institution

  maysvilletourism.com.
• Buffalo Trace Area Development District (BTADD)

  Regional planning + KY Department for Local Government pass-through + regional-grant-administration channel — Maysville-HQ-resident

  Institution

  201 Government Street Suite 300 Maysville. Executive Director Kevin Cornette returned November 1, 2024 after Amy Kennedy retired. Five-county catchment Bracken + Fleming + Lewis + Mason + Robertson.
• Old Pogue Distillery (supporting feature)

  Craft distillery — six-generation Pogue family; ~200 barrels/yr; KBTCT Craft Tour member since 2012

  Active in market

  705 Germantown Road Maysville (single address-of-record 705 vs 715, pending verification). H.E. Pogue IV and V active in family management. Period-trim + grounds + masonry-repointing + slate-roof supporting-feature upkeep at the tasting room plus Pogue family estate.
• City of Maysville (Certified Local Government status pending verification)

  Municipal Engineering + Codes Enforcement + CLG status under KHC + NPS coordination

  Institution

  Mayor Debra L. Cotterill, per public record. CLG status materially affects Section 106 and KHC SHPO heritage-restoration grant-channel access.
• EPA Lead RRP + KOSHA

  Federal lead-safety certification + state-plan-OSHA channel for pre-1978 heritage fabric

  Out-of-county

  labor.ky.gov.
• Maysville Community and Technical College (MCTC; KCTCS) — Building Construction Technology + Industrial Maintenance

  Heritage-trades workforce apprenticeship-pipeline channel

  Active in market

  1755 US Highway 68 Maysville. Apprenticeship-pipeline cadence not yet confirmed.

The founder profile is mid-career heritage-restoration with either (a) Bourbon Trail historic-bourbon-property restoration, Frankfort capitol-district restoration, Bardstown historic-district, Berea historic-craft, or Cincinnati Over-the-Rhine heritage-district trades tenure plus willingness to add 36 CFR 800 Section 106 plus SOTI work-scope familiarity plus HTC Part 1/2/3 application training plus 2 CFR 200 federal-grant-procurement-compliance training in the first 6-9 months, or (b) Northeastern Kentucky residential-finish-trades plus period-millwork tenure plus willingness to add the full triple-credential discipline plus heritage-specialty foreman-partner hire in Year 2. Mason plus Bracken plus Fleming plus Lewis plus Nicholas plus Robertson labor-shed residence and recruiting reach into the Buffalo Trace ADD-region heritage trades workforce materially lower the customer-trust friction inside Maysville plus Old Washington plus the Maysville-resident private-historic-property bench.

Relationship-portfolio target at launch: Russell Theatre Foundation board chair plus capital-campaign director plus KZF Design Cincinnati architect-of-record subcontract pre-qualification; Old Washington Historic Foundation board plus partnership-coordinator; Kentucky Gateway Museum Center director plus collections-manager plus conservator; USACE Louisville District small-business-utilization office plus Section 106 cultural-resources coordinator; Kentucky Heritage Council SHPO Section 106 reviewer-of-record plus technical-assistance coordinator; NPS Technical Preservation Services HTC Part 1/2/3 application coordinator; Kentucky Division of Water plus FEMA Region IV plus Kentucky Emergency Management Mason-resident projects; KYTC District 9 bridge-approach coordinator; Save America's Treasures plus National Trust for Historic Preservation plus Institute of Museum and Library Services plus NEH plus NEA Mason-resident projects; Maysville-Mason County CVB plus BTADD heritage-cooperative-marketing programming coordinator; Old Pogue Distillery family-management for supporting-feature upkeep coordination. Twelve to twenty named contacts minimum by end of Year 1.

Entity and credentialing posture. Kentucky LLC or S-corp registration plus general liability plus workers-comp plus heritage-restoration E&O insurance plus EPA Lead RRP certification plus KHC SHPO coordination training plus SOTI work-scope familiarity plus 36 CFR 800 Section 106 process training plus HTC Part 1/2/3 application training plus 2 CFR 200 federal-grant-procurement-compliance plus Davis-Bacon plus Section 3 administrative literacy plus LCPtracker or eMars certified-payroll software plus KZF Design Cincinnati architect-of-record subcontract pre-qualification plus small-shop bonding capacity build through SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program for USACE Section 106-flagged sub-prime work above the $35,000 federal-prime threshold.

The practice operates as an owner-operator heritage-restoration specialty contractor with no real-estate capital, no rolling-stock fleet beyond a service truck plus work trailer plus small-fleet service vehicles, no equipment-rental float, and a crew built through recurring local hire plus heritage-foreman onboarding rather than through acquisition. There is no platform-rollup arithmetic and no minimum-multiple add-on math. National heritage-restoration prime firms compete at the national heritage-property scale where engagement scopes absorb their cost structure; the rural Maysville four-anchor cluster plus the HTC Part 1/2/3 private-property bench plus the USACE Riverwalk Section 106-flagged sub-flow sits structurally below national-prime pricing and outside the same-day mobilization radius national firms reach from out-of-region depots. The Maysville-resident heritage-restoration small-shop carrying the SOI Standards plus USACE Section 106 plus KY SHPO triple-credential is the structural shape national platforms cannot replicate without the same time investment in the Mason-resident relationship portfolio.

• — Russell Theatre Foundation 2026 capital-campaign phase schedule plus remaining-scope project list plus HTC Part 1/2/3 election status plus 2026 operating-as-a-venue cadence plus Foundation board governance plus KZF Design Cincinnati architect-of-record subcontract pre-qualification process — HIGHEST priority; central to RTF subcontract leg sizing.
• — Old Washington Historic District NRHP contributing-structure inventory currency plus 2026 event calendar plus Harriet Beecher Stowe slave-auction-witnessing site operating status plus Albert Sidney Johnston associated-property operating status plus Washington Historic Foundation governance — HIGHEST priority; central to Old Washington parcel-scope leg sizing.
• — City of Maysville Certified Local Government program status under KHC plus NPS coordination — affects Section 106 plus KHC SHPO heritage-restoration grant-channel access.
• — KGMC governance (501(c)(3) status against IRS Pub 78 plus Kentucky Secretary of State nonprofit registry) plus 2024-2026 IMLS plus NEH plus NEA plus KHC grant-channel ledger plus 2026 operating-and-conservation budget — central to KGMC engagement-cadence sizing.
• — KGMC NPS Network to Freedom designation status against nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/network-to-freedom — verification gate; do NOT claim NTF designation in any public-facing prose until verified.
• — USACE Louisville District plus KDOW plus City of Maysville 2026-2030 Maysville Riverwalk plus flood-wall plus pump-station capital-improvement project pipeline plus small-business setaside posture plus 2018 FEMA disaster declaration number plus FEMA HMGP flows — central to USACE Section 106-flagged sub-scope leg sizing.
• — Maysville downtown National Register Historic District plus Old Washington HTC-electing private-property project pipeline — sizing 4-12 engagements per year of HTC Part 1/2/3 private projects against the active owner-base.
• — Old Pogue Distillery 2026 KY ABC craft-distiller license status plus KDA membership plus KBTCT-passport-Tour participation plus Pogue family estate event-rental scope plus single street-address-of-record 705 vs 715 Germantown Road.
• — MCTC Maysville Building Construction Technology plus Industrial Maintenance program apprenticeship cadence plus Buffalo Trace ADD-region heritage-trades workforce recruitability — crew-build feasibility.
• — KHC SHPO plus NPS Technical Preservation Services plus USACE Louisville District technical-assistance availability for first-time heritage-restoration small-shop founders — Section 106 plus SOTI plus HTC Part 1/2/3 plus 2 CFR 200 plus Davis-Bacon training capacity inside a 6-9 month founder-launch arc.
• — Kentucky specialty-carrier bench for heritage-restoration E&O insurance plus SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program availability for USACE Section 106-flagged sub-prime work.
• — Save America's Treasures plus National Trust for Historic Preservation Mason-resident project presence — verify whether Russell Theatre plus KGMC plus Old Washington carry SAT or NTHP grant ledger 2020-2026.
• — Maysville-Mason County CVB plus BTADD heritage-cooperative-marketing programming plus Cox Building plus downtown Maysville Main Street accreditation status (KY Main Street Program / National Main Street Center).
• — No incumbent Buffalo Trace-region heritage-restoration specialty operator holding the bundled four-anchor plus HTC plus USACE Section 106-flagged co-mobilization sub-scope under a closed prime relationship — verify the Mason plus Bracken plus Fleming plus Lewis plus Nicholas plus Robertson heritage-trades operator bench.
• — Federal IIJA supplemental plus IRA tax-credit administration plus NPS National Historic Preservation Fund appropriation-cycle status for 2026-2030 heritage-restoration grant plus HTC program continuity.

Tonight, this week, this month — in that order. Each step produces a yes/no or a number, not a deeper understanding.