Rosanne Haggerty (born 1961) is an American housing and community development leader, and founder of Common Ground Community and later of Community Solutions.[1][2] Haggerty redeveloped the Times Square Hotel,[3] a building on the National Register of Historic Places, reducing homelessness by 87 percent in the 20-block neighborhood around it.[4]
Rosanne Haggerty | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) Columbia University (MArch) New York University |
Haggerty attended Amherst College for a bachelor's in American studies, Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation for a Master of Architecture, and is a PhD student in sociology at New York University.[5][6][7]
She was an Adelaide Thinker in Residence in Adelaide, Australia.[8] South Australian Premier Mike Rann and Social Inclusion Commissioner David Cappo backed Haggerty's recommendations with a multimillion-dollar investment in inner-city apartment buildings tailor-made for homeless people, establishing Common Ground Adelaide and Street to Home.[9]
Awards and honors
edit- 1998 Peter Drucker Award
- 2001 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 2003 Honorary Doctorate from Amherst College
- 2007 Ashoka Fellowship[10]
- 2008 Goto Shimpei Award[11]
- 2012 Jane Jacobs Medal for New Ideas and Activism [12]
- 2015 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur[13]
- 2015 Design Mind by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s National Design Award[14]
- 2017 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)
- 2017 John W. Gardner Leadership Award [15]
References
edit- Notes
- ^ "Homepage | Breaking Ground".
- ^ "About" on the Community Solutions website
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Taking the homeless beyond shelters", Christian Science Monitor, Jina Moore, September 7, 2009
- ^ "Columbia News".
- ^ "Taxonomy term | Amherst College".
- ^ Rosanne Haggerty[dead link], Business Week. Executive Profile. By staff. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ "Adelaide Thinkers in Residence – Rosanne Haggerty". Archived from the original on February 16, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- ^ "Welcome to Common Ground Adelaide | Common Ground Adelaide". Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ "Rosanne Haggerty | Ashoka.org". Archived from the original on July 6, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ "後藤新平の会 - 第2回（2008年）". Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ^ "News Archive".
- ^ "Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2015 - Schwab Foundation".
- ^ "2015 National Design Award Winners | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". May 5, 2015.
- ^ "Rosanne Haggerty".
External links
edit- "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
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