DedicationFor members of the Clinton administration, April 3, 1996, was an even more mournful day than it was for the rest of the Nation. As "insiders," we had early access to information about the crash of the airplane carrying Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 32 other Americans in Croatia. Unfortunately, much of the information turned out to be wrong. The false hope that people we knew and cared about, including Ron Brown and Don Terner, had somehow managed to survive the crash left us more devastated than we would have been if we had known the truth from the beginning. Because he was a giant in the world of housing and community development, I knew that Don would be properly memorialized by his friends and admirers and that the prize-winning projects he and BRIDGE Housing had developed would stand as a permanent tribute to his great vision and talent. Nevertheless, we at HUD -- from then-Secretary Cisneros on down -- felt a special need to tell Don's story in a manner that might change the way the Nation thinks about and produces affordable housing. What better place to do it than in PD&R's own policy research journal, whose goal is to rise above short-term politics and budget considerations and expand the policy frontier by focusing on "innovative ideas, policies, and programs that show promise in revitalizing cities and regions." Thus this very special issue of Cityscape is dedicated to our friend, colleague, and mentor Don Terner. It has been a labor of love by all who worked on it, but I would especially like to thank guest editors Jill Khadduri, who so ably directs PD&R's Policy Development Division, and MIT professor Langley Keyes, another of Don's friends and colleagues. Both of them managed to juggle urgent priorities in order to help create this important work. As I look back on my 4 years at HUD, I could not be more proud of the exceptional men and women of the Office of Policy Development and Research and of this outstanding journal, whose influence grows with each issue.
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