Wes--
I hear you regarding the kit. I built my first from scratch. Just wanted to toss it out as a possibility.
A few things about woods:
For necks, be careful about using nonstandard woods. You need the neck to stay straight, and no wood does that as well as mahogany. Others can and do work, but mahogany is best. Maple is OK, but it's heavy, and for an acoustic, that can be a problem.
For backs, sides and tops (again, just focusing on acoustic guitars), you want quartersawn wood with as vertical a grain as you can get. If you can make that happen with local woods, that's great. If not, then I would soften your "locally grown" goal and use what is good for the guitar.
For fingerboards, there really aren't any domestic hardwoods that work as well as ebony and rosewood.
Good luck, and have fun!