community development practice undergraduate

Any thoughts on who is considered to have made an influential impact within this field and how they achieved this using theories to answer question.

Tough subject.
I would head to google if I were you.
Also, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_development
I wouldn't make that your one source, but it's a god starting point.

Obama would make an interesting subject for this!

Jane Jacobs comes to mind.

I sort of agree with Kevin. Obama was the first person who came to my mind. But did he really change community development practices? I mean, he was a great community organizer but he was basically just reusing old practices wasn't he?

I just did some quick research on Jane Jacobs and she does look more like what they are looking for...

yeah obama is a good idea