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Building a stronger Shaker Heights.

Investing in places. Supporting businesses. Building community.

INTRODUCTION
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We turn opportunity into impact.

Shaker Heights Development Corporation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that works alongside the City of Shaker Heights, local businesses, property owners, and community partners to strengthen our commercial districts and create places where businesses and communities can thrive.

PLACEMAKING & COMMUNITY

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Creating welcoming spaces and experiences that bring people together and make Shaker Heights a vibrant place to live, work, and visit.

COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION​

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Investing in properties and improvements that strengthen Shaker Heights' commercial districts, attract businesses, and encourage continued investment.

BUSINESS SUPPORT​

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Connecting local businesses and entrepreneurs with resources, spaces, partnerships, and opportunities that help them establish, grow, thrive.

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The City of Shaker Heights established the SHDC in 1981. A majority of SHDC’s board is comprised of citizen members, plus city staff and elected officials. The board serves as an agent of the City; the City, in turn, serves as SHDC’s fiduciary agent. Our nonprofit status enables us to accept charitable donations to advance the creation and preservation of economic opportunities for Shaker Heights.

Your gift to SHDC will help develop:

THE CHAGRIN+LEE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

The City's beautification and revitalization funds, coupled with private investment, already have strengthened this rising community and promise to transform it into a lively district for residents to work, live and play.

THE VAN AKEN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

SHDC's nonprofit status uniquely positions us to facilitate and support unfunded components of this sustainable mixed-use development.

THE FIBERHOOD

The Dealership is the hub of Northeast Ohio’s first Fiberhood — a super-fast broadband network provided by Everstream that promises to attract tech-savvy entrepreneurs to live and work in the Chagrin+Lee District and in other developing commercial districts within Shaker Heights.

BUILDING A STRONGER SHAKER

SHAKER HEIGHTS HAS EMBRACED A PROGRESSIVE RESILIENCE THAT ENABLED THE CITY TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF ITS FIRST 100 YEARS.

COMMIT TO SHDC TODAY TO HONOR OUR PAST AND TO STRENGTHEN OUR FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE. TOGETHER, WE CAN SOLIDIFY OUR DIVERSE RESIDENTIAL BASE WITH INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

Donate to Shaker's future.
SHDC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Your donation is tax deductible.
Donations can also be mailed to: SHDC Treasurer, c/o City of Shaker Heights, 3400 Lee Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44120.
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