3 to 5 page writing assignment reviewing and critiquing the Silver Reef Casino SIA project

·           Writing Assignment #3:  Review and critique a completed SIA

 Discuss the SIA variables examined, data sources, and the techniques used to analyze those variables. Review the previous SIA critiques by author Rabel Burdge, and discuss how your team might use those critiques to enhance your team’s final report in terms of projections, mitigation, etc.? Please pay particularly attention to analyses and critiques related to the variables examined and techniques to be used by your SIA team. - My SIA team is researching affordable housing in the South Carolina Promise zone and comparing it to the Kentucy Promise Zone.

◦Limit: 3-5 typewritten, double-spaced pages, plus references

Goals of Writing Assignment # 3

•       -  Introduce you to the SIA format and information needed (background chapters and previous SIAs)

•       -  Sources of Information, both primary and secondary data

•       -  Critiques of previous and components of a useful/informative SIA (especially pay attention to comments related to your team’s focus)

•        - Emphasize that a good SIA is not simply descriptive, but analytical including projections of what will happen and what changes you see as taking place for stakeholders*