SYB Site Selection
Storied Youth Brands

Site Selection

Storied Youth Brands
One place for the two brand tools: what each one does, where the models see room, how fresh the data is, and what changed.
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Balanced Family Academy

Columbus, Ohio
19
Open schools
0
Signed, not yet open
1
State: Ohio

The BFA lens scores a point on children under 5 and household income within 5 miles, fitted to how full BFA’s own campuses are. Green means the model band is 75% or better, with a hard $100K family-income floor at 3 miles. The Market Explorer screens any address, ranks neighborhood territories 1–5 around a city, and lists the fleet.

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Latest: rebuilt on the Market Explorer layout (Sept 30); scores unchanged. Lewis Center shown as open (July 2026, provisional license; capacity not yet on file). Fleet medians now cover 19 schools.

LeafSpring

Five states
16
Open schools
1
Signed, not yet open
5
States: Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia

The LeafSpring lens scores a point on household income and degrees within 5 miles, home values within 3 miles and licensed seats within a mile, weighted by how each moved with results across the fleet. Children under 5 act as floors, not as score. The Market Explorer screens any address, ranks ZIP-based territories 1–5 around a city, and grades each school’s market.

Open the LeafSpring Market Explorer
Latest: rebuilt on the Market Explorer layout (Sept 30); scores unchanged. East Point (Louisville) and Pendleton shown as open; one signed school in Lexington added as coming soon; open dates filled for Norton Commons, Pendleton and Three Chopt.
Where the models see room

Green territory by metro, square miles

Each lens on the same ¾-mile grid. LeafSpring: cells in the viable band or better (fit ≥ −0.5). BFA: cells at or above the 75% model band with the $100K floor. Counted within 25 miles of the metro center (32 for Indianapolis). Area is a size-of-opportunity measure, not a ranking of sites: the tools grade specific territories.

Data

How fresh it is

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  • Demographics: Census ACS 2020–2024 on block groups; jobs from LEHD LODES 2023; permits from the Census Building Permits Survey 2023–2025; population and births from Census estimates, Vintage 2025; under-5 projections from each state’s demographer.
  • Licensed child care supply for Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, checked against each state’s live system every Monday; Ohio capacity read from inspection reports.
  • Models refit Sept 24, 2026 after the review board. Territory grades carry ±1: treat neighboring grades as ties.
Access

Opening the tools

This is a web copy of the tools that opens in any browser, with no account or sign-in. It is a snapshot as of Sept 30, 2026; the licensing-check date under Data shows how current it is.

Ask Chase Begor for the live claude.ai versions, which update automatically every week.

Both team tools are internal. They carry fleet detail and pipeline sites and should not be forwarded outside the two brand teams and SYB leadership. Anyone who has this link or file can open it.

Change log

What changed

Sep 30, 2026
Both team tools rebuilt as Market Explorers at the same links: full-width map, and demographics, demand, growth and supply shown at 1, 3 and 5 miles against the brand median, shaded stronger or weaker. Scores, grades, fleet and territories are unchanged. This hub page published; the franchisee editions are off it until franchise counsel has reviewed them.
Sep 29, 2026
Fleet checked against both brand websites and the state licensing registers. BFA: Lewis Center shown as open (provisional license, July 2026). LeafSpring: East Point and Pendleton shown as open; one signed school in Lexington added as coming soon; open dates filled for Norton Commons, Pendleton and Three Chopt.
Sep 28, 2026
Team editions published, one per brand, at permanent links. Licensing data refreshed (weekly check now covers all five pages).
Sep 24, 2026
Review board on growth: growth measures are shown as context and never enter a score. Both models refit on ACS 2020–2024 and LODES 2023. Territory builder added; grades carry ±1 (treat neighboring grades as ties).
Sep 23, 2026
Ohio licensing rebuilt from the state system, with capacity read from each center’s newest inspection report. Kentucky loaded statewide. Weekly licensing check started (Mondays).
Sep 21, 2026
Franchisee Market Explorers published (blinded). BFA green line set at 75% model fill with a $100K family-income floor.