Back to Shelterforce Online Bookstore . This 1993 report was produced by Abt Associates for HUD s Office of Policy Development and Research and is similar in scope to Deals From Hell. The report presents a methodology for comprehensively assessing the direct and indirect costs of funding nonprofit housing developments. The Potential of Community Foundations By Steven E. Mayer. Inc. Minneapolis, MN 1994.
Community development proceeds along two distinct lines.
The first, and more common, way is to identify the flaws of a community and work to remedy these weaknesses. The second a way of working that is gaining in popularity is to identify the strengths and resources of a community its intrinsic capacity and work to build it. This book identifies the ways local groups and community foundations are working to increase capacity of groups to rebuild their communities, clearly and directly. It should be very useful to community foundations of any size. Back to Shelterforce Online Bookstore .