Rosanne Haggerty
Encyclopedia
Rosanne Haggerty is an American housing and community development leader, and founder of Common Ground Community.
She graduated from Amherst College
, in 1982.
She studied at Columbia University
.
She was an Adelaide Thinker in Residence.
She redeveloped the Times Square Hotel
, on the National Register of Historic Places
,
reducing homelessness by 87 percent in the 20-block neighborhood.
She graduated from Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
, in 1982.
She studied at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
She was an Adelaide Thinker in Residence.
She redeveloped the Times Square Hotel
Times Square Hotel
The Times Square Hotel is located in New York, New York. The building was built in 1922 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1995.-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets...
, on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
,
reducing homelessness by 87 percent in the 20-block neighborhood.
External links
- "An interview with Rosanne Haggerty of Common Ground Community". Shelterforce, Issue #125, September/October 2002
- "Q&A: Why Houses Cost Less Than Homelessness", Good, Kyla Fullenwider, February 9, 2010