Shaker Heights

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Ashby Arms Apartments
Daleford House

Welcome to Shaker Heights, Ohio!

Just eight miles from downtown Cleveland, Shaker Heights is a tranquil, yet cosmopolitan and distinctive suburb. The City has a national reputation for excellence in city services, architecture, natural beauty and superior public education.

Shaker residents have easy access to the resources of a vibrant Cleveland.

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

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

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

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

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.