ROSELAND
Community Assets
Located on the far South Side of Chicago, Roseland is a great community with many long-time homeowners. Roseland is also fortunate to be home to historic landmarks like the West Pullman area whose signature red brick homes can be found throughout the far south east side of Roseland. Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy, a magnet school in Roseland, recently received a silver medal ranking in the 2010 U.S. News and World Report evaluation of the best high schools in the nation. This ranking was based on data analyzed from 21,000 high schools nationwide. Chicago State, a top notch 4 year university, and Olive Harvey, a strong community college, are also located in Roseland and provide convenient opportunities to pursue higher education.
History
Settled by the Dutch in the 1840’s, Roseland got its name from the rosebushes that graced homes, lawns, and parks in the area. Roseland is just west of the historic Pullman district which was built in the 1880’s to house the workers of George M. Pullman’s Place Car Company. The Roseland neighborhood is still an ideal place to work and raise a family.
NeighborWorks Day, "Roseland: A Neighborhood in Bloom," June 2011
Photos © 2011 by: Rick Hicaro, Ray Green
NHS of Roseland
The Roseland Neighborhood office is committed to the housing and economic vitality of the Roseland Community. Below is a snapshot of some of the completed, on-going and future community development projects NHS of Roseland is working on:
Chris Smith, Neighborhood Director, NHS of Chicago Roseland Offices testifies about the challenges facing Roseland.
Completed
On-Going
Future
