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