Elsewhere in this issue, you'll learn
about various strategies for affordability.
But how well do the theories translate
to the real world? Here are three
cases of affordable projects in progress.
All are new construction; two are
located in rural areas outside larger
cities; one in a northern New England
town. They are in varying stages of
development; one is facing severe
obstacles. But all yield lessons worth
heeding.
Forest Row: Land Trust Makes It
Happen
Forest Row is a development project
located outside of Great Barrington, a
well-to-do western Massachusetts city
that often serves as a second home for
nearby New York residents. But not
everyone in the area is well-off financially,
and the project developer—The
Community Land Trust of