Last year, Cortona Café raised over fifteen-thousand dollars to build a parklet outside of the job. The seating area utilizes potentially underutilized space. Facebook0Twitteremail Brie Ripley Brie Ripley studies Journalism, English, and Anthropology at the University of Washington. She co-produces a podcast about death, dreams of a career in public radio, and fears she will never pay off her student loans.