Richey Piiparinen – M.A., M.U.P.D.D., Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University

Dear Colleagues:

Downtown Cleveland and the surrounding neighborhoods are growing faster than the outer ring suburbs and the rest of Cuyahoga County for the first time in decades.

Current residents of these central neighborhoods are of a disproportionately young-age–21-34.

What is the source of this growth in neighborhoods like the Warehouse District and Ohio City? Can it be sustained as the people who move in start thinking about having children and educating them? Richey Piiparinen has been studying the trendline over 70 years of central neighborhoods. He will talk about what his work suggests about prospects for downtown, and how policies can encourage or solidify this “infill of the inner core”.

All best regards,
Joe White
Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies

About Our Guest…

Richey Piiparinen, received his M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University in Chicago and M.U.P.D.D from Cleveland State University. He joined the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development to work as a Research Assistant in 2011. A Cleveland native and current City resident, Richey’s dedication to Northeast Ohio is reflected in past and current work related to: workforce development; community aging; neighborhood re-development, and the socio-emotional effects of the post-industrial landscape. A writer, he has published numerous short stories as well as contributing to a regional blog dedicated to a Rust Belt renaissance called Rust Wire. Richey is a die-hard Cleveland sports fan, with an emphasis on the “die-hard”, considering.

Where We Meet

The Friday Public Affairs Lunch convenes each Friday when classes are in session, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. We usually meet in the Dampeer Room of Kelvin Smith Library. The Dampeer Room is on the second floor of the library. Occasionally we need to use a different room; that will always be announced in the weekly e-mails. This week’s venue is on the second floor of Clark Hall. There is an entrance that faces Bellflower Road. Participants who do not want to climb stairs should use the alternate entrance that is on the right-hand side of the building as you face it from Bellflower, and take the elevator to the second floor.

Parking Possibilities

The most convenient parking for the Dampeer Room location is the lot underneath Severance Hall. We regret that it is not free. From that lot there is an elevator up to street level (labeled as for the Thwing Center) For Clark Hall, the parking lot at the corner of Euclid and Ford is about as close. We regret that construction has eliminated the street parking on Bellflower.

Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:

September 14: High Cost-Sharing for Prescription Drugs: Patient Response, Physician Response, and Public Policy. With Mariana Carrera, Assistant Professor of Economics

September 21: The Future of University Libraries. With Arnold Hirshon, Associate Provost and University Librarian

September 28: The European Economy and EU Politics. With Elliot Posner, Associate Professor of Political Science***Special Location: Mather House 100***

October 5: Presidents and the Media. With Jeffrey E. Cohen Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Fordham University

October 12: The Future of Primary Care. With George Kikano MD, Chair, Department of Family Medicine.

October 19: Biblical Rhetoric in the 2012 Elections. With Timothy K. Beal, Florence Harkness Professor of Religion.

October 26: Special Event in Memory of Alec Lamis – “Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Permanent Campaign.” With Frances E. Lee, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland ***Special Location: Wolstein Medical Research Building auditorium, first floor, 2103 Cornell Road. Lunch and Mama Jo’s pies provided.***

November 2: Political Science Department Pre-Election Forecasts. With Justin Buchler, Associate Professor of Political Science, and colleagues.

November 9: What Just Happened? Open discussion about the election results, with Joe White, Chair, Department of Political Science.

November 16: Learning from Mad Cows. With Dr. Pierluigi Gambetti, Professor and Director, Division of Neuropathology and Director, National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center.

November 30: The Medium is the Message: What Happens When Universities Digitize Course Evaluations. With Timothy J. Fogarty, Professor of Accountancy.

December 7: The “Chicago Boys” Without Pinochet: Privatization and Protest in Chile. With Diane Haughney, Ph.D.