Christopher Walker, director of the Urban Institute's Community and Economic Development Program, is a leading analyst of housing and community development programs and policies. Mr. Walker focuses on low-income community development with an emphasis on neighborhood stabilization and revitalization, community development corporations, and housing rehabilitation. He is the principal investigator of the Urban Institute's two-year national evaluation of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
Mark Weinheimer, head of Weinheimer & Associates, has 20 years experience in community development and was a key participant in the first assessment of National Community Development Initiative (NCDI). For the current evaluation, Mr. Weinheimer headed a team of consultants with expertise in community building, neighborhood assessment and system change.
Community Development in the 1990s, by Christopher Walker and Mark Weinheimer, is available from the Urban Institute Press (paper, ISBN 0-87766-695-4, $20.00). To obtain a copy call (202) 261-5687 or 1-877-UIPRESS.
