Doug Walker is the 1998 Associate of the Year for the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia.

Walker is president of Walker Concrete, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year. In the concrete business all his life, he took over management of the company on a day-to-day basis in 1974.

Walker serves on the board of the Midwest Georgia association and is a member of the Metro South chapter of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association. He is on the board of the Henry County Chamber of Commerce, the Joseph Sams School and the Georgia Concrete and Product Association.

He also serves as president of the Workers Comp Management Fund and is a deacon of First Baptist Church of Fayetteville.

Walker resides in Fayetteville with his wife Debbie and their daughters Jo Ana, Susanna, Maddie and Molly.

The Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia, which serves builders in Fayette, Coweta, Spalding, Heard and Meriwether counties, currently has around 385 members. Informaton about the association or a membership application can be obtained by contacting the association office at 770-716-7109.