Levin College of Public Affairs and Education Podcast

A new economic impact study, conducted by the Center for Economic Development of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University found that Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC) in East Liberty, Ohio, widely acknowledged as North America’s most comprehensive automotive proving ground and test center created more than $127 million total in economic output in 2019 and supported over 670 total jobs with almost $36 million in wages and benefits throughout Ohio. 

Join the CED research teams and representatives from TRC and Jobs Ohio to discuss the results of the study and what it means for the future of Ohio’s economy.

https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/1758/

In this episode, Dr. Iryna Demko, Research Associate at the Center for  Economic Development, and Dr. Ana Claudia Sant’Anna, Assistant Professor  at West Virginia University, discuss their research about the impact of  race and gender on the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan  amounts.   

They found that nationally minority-, Hispanic-, and female-owned small  businesses received smaller PPP loans than their business counterparts  of the same size. In addition, interviews with a variety of small  businesses in Northeast Ohio showed that businesses receiving smaller  loan amounts had more difficulties and less knowledge about the loan  application process compared to larger loans recipients.

In this episode, Roland Anglin, Dean of the Levin College of Urban  Affairs discusses “Investing in the Middle: A New Approach to Deliver on  the Promise of Equitable Neighborhood Development,” a research project  supported with a two-year, $250,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson  Foundation (RWJF) as a part of RWJF's "Policies for Action: Research on  Housing Policies That Promote Equity" program. The research aims to  address equity and health in middle neighborhoods. Dr. Anglin and his  team will perform actionable research in the areas of strategic  investments and policy innovations that have the potential to increase  housing affordability and neighborhood stability.

In  this episode, Roland Anglin, Dean of the Levin College of Urban  Affairs discusses “Investing in the Middle: A New Approach to Deliver on  the Promise of Equitable Neighborhood Development,” a research project  supported with a two-year, $250,000 grant from  the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) as a part of RWJF's "Policies  for Action: Research on Housing Policies That Promote Equity" program.  The research aims to address equity and health in middle neighborhoods.  Dr. Anglin and his team will perform actionable  research in the areas of strategic investments and policy innovations  that have the potential to increase housing affordability and  neighborhood stability.

In this episode, Christin Farmer, Senior Fellow at the Levin College and Founder and CEO of Birthing Beautiful Communities (BBC), discusses “Survive and Thrive,” a research project aimed to reduce infant and maternal mortality in African-American communities throughout Greater Cleveland and the state of Ohio. The project was awarded $1 million from the Ohio Department of Higher Education and is conducted in partnership with the Levin College, the Cleveland Clinic, and BBC, a nonprofit organization that has achieved an infant survival rate of 99.2% among participating African-American clients.   

In this episode, Dr. Merissa C. Piazza, Program Manager for Levin’s Center for Economic Development, discusses a new research project that has been funded through the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s  “Knowledge Challenge” program. Dr. Piazza shares that as part of this  effort, the research team will investigate institutionalized racism and  discrimination, while developing processes and recommendations for  supporting minority entrepreneurship to advance  economic growth in the Greater Cleveland region. The Center for  Economic Development has served as a designated US Economic Development  Administration (EDA) University Center since 1985.

In this episode, Dr. Robert (Roby) A. Simons, Professor and Department Chair at the Levin College, discusses his preliminary research findings on “EZfare,” an automated no-touch transit payment system that has recently been implemented by public transit authorities throughout Ohio. Funded through the Federal Transit Administration’s Integrated Mobility Innovation (IMI) Program, the three-year research study looks at the effect of EZfare on the quality of life of transit riders and the potential role of contactless EZfare smart cards in preventing the spread of COVID-19.    

In this episode we talk about Smart Cities and the future of urban  living. We are joined by Dr. Nicholas Zingale, Associate Professor in  Public Administration at Cleveland State University’s  Maxine Goodman  Levin College of Urban Affairs, and Dr. Sasa Drezgic, Associate  Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Rijeka  (Croatia) in Croatia.

In this episode we talk about Smart Cities and the future of urban  living. We are joined by Dr. Nicholas Zingale, Associate Professor in  Public Administration at Cleveland State University’s  Maxine Goodman  Levin College of Urban Affairs,  and Dr. Sasa Drezgic, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and  Business at the University of Rijeka (Croatia) in Croatia.

Today we talk to Dr. Merissa Piazza, Program Manager at the Center of  Economic Development at the Levin College. She is discussing her new  research on "co-working" and how Cleveland entrepreneurs can benefit  from "co-working" spaces.