• Cultural riches of museums and the Cleveland Orchestra at University Circle
• Professional business community and world-class health care institutions
• Professional sports arenas abound, home to the Indians, the Browns and the Cavaliers.

Shaker is well situated in the region. It is home to:

• 29,000 residents
• Four lakes
• Plentiful parklands
• 7,696 private homes
• 4,285 rental properties (learn about Certified Shaker)

Shaker Heights has a nationally acclaimed school district boasting:

• The most highly educated faculty in the Cleveland area
• Seventeen college-level Advanced Placement classes in which approximately one-third of High School students participate
• Nine-time winner of the "What Parents Want" award
• First in Ohio to have each of its schools cited by the United States Department of Education as National Blue Ribbon Schools
• 90% college attendance rate

It is the only one of Cleveland’s eastern suburbs with two rapid transit lines connecting it to downtown and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

Shaker Heights has a vibrant business community:

• Over 1,000 businesses, including hundreds of successful home based businesses
• A wide variety of local and national retail offerings
• Well over 1 million square feet of office space
• Approximately 500,000 square feet of retail space
• Exciting business expansion and relocation opportunities
• Learn about Shaker's Economic Development resources

Shaker Heights has distinctive neighborhoods characterized by:

•  Tree-lined, canopied streets
•  Sidewalks
•  Extraordinary architecture
  • One of the more prolific and well known architects building in Shaker Heights was George M. Burrows, who was responsible for designing hundreds of homes here. Could yours be one of them?

Shaker Heights is:

• Ohio’s first planned garden city
• Home to a regional Nature Center identified as a National Environmental Education Landmark
• Host to updated recreational facilities that include a 50 meter swimming pool and an indoor, year-round ice skating arena
• One of the first cities in the midwest to adopt legislation supporting Green Building and Sustainable Community Practices.

The City of Shaker Heights supports fair housing. 

Seventy-five percent of Shaker is located within a historic district that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  

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