CRA-1:
Laurents, Carl, “History of the Hotel Bentley and Its Builder, Joseph A. Bentley,” HistoricBentley.com .
Bhattarai, Abha and Bernstein, Fred A., “Terrible Timing for a Hotel Boom,” The New York Times, July 31, 2008.
Askew, III, Lee, Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, Last Quarter 2004.
Sanders, Heywood T., Space Available: The Realities of Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy, the Metropolitan Program of the Brookings Institution, January 2005.
Leinberger, Christopher B., Turning Around Downtown: Twelve Steps to Revitalization, the Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institution, March 2005.
All CRAs:
Talanker, Alysaa, Davis, Kate and LeRoy, Greg, “Straying from Good Intentions: How States are Weakening Enterprise Zone and Tax Increment Financing Programs,” A Report by Good Jobs First, August 2003.
Sanders, Heywood T., Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 3, Convention Myths and Markets: A Critical Review of Convention Center Feasibility Studies, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, University of Texas at San Antonio, Sage Publications: August 2002, pp. 195-210.
Rypkema, Donvan D., “The Economic Power of Restoration,” Restoration and Renovation Conference, January 15, 2001.
Recommend reading Kitchen Table Sustainability Practical Recipes for Community Engagement with Sustainability. by Wendy Sarkissian. Seems to line up with S.P.A.R.C. objectives to help get communities involved in the process.