Strong neighbors build strong neighborhoods.
Leveraging opportunity.
Building community.
Making history.
Meet the Shaker Heights Development Corporation (SHDC), a community improvement 501(c)( 3) nonprofit corporation created to help the City realize its strong vision for the future. Your financial support, paired with the efforts of SHDC, will directly:
- • Enhance the city's commercial revitalization efforts
- • Strengthen our neighborhoods
- • Diversify Shaker's tax base
For more than 100 years, Shaker Heights has been a leader in building community and integrating cultures against a background of natural beauty and urban charm. Honor our City’s history today and commit to SHDC for the future.
Mission
Our mission is to enhance the commercial revitalization efforts of the City of Shaker Heights in order to strengthen residential neighborhoods and diversify the City’s tax base
vision
SHDC envisions an enriched Shaker Heights community that seamlessly blends our innovative history into a vibrant future by fostering entrepreneurial opportunities and stimulating sustainable economic growth.
Values
SHDC promotes economic development and educational initiatives that embody and advance each of the following Core Values.
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 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.
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.
SHDC Staff
Nick Fedor
Executive DirectorOffice: 216.491.1425
Email: nick.fedor@shakerdevcorp.com
John Bryant
VISTA Community Engagement SpecialistOffice: 216.491.1425
Email: john.bryant@shakerdevcorp.com
SHDC board members
Scott D. Garson
President,Citizen Board Member
Kandis Williams
Vice President,Citizen Board Member
John J. Boyle, III
Treasurer,Citizen Board Member
Jeri E. Chaikin
Secretary,Chief Administrative Officer, City of Shaker Heights
Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells
At Large Executive Committee Member,Citizen Board Member
Richard W. Pogue
At Large Executive Committee Member,Citizen Board Member
Kim Bixenstine
At Large Executive Committee Member,Citizen Board Member
Joyce Braverman
Planning Director, City of Shaker HeightsVicki Elder
Citizen Board MemberThomas K. Gustafson
Citizen Board MemberMichael Laskey
Citizen Board MemberKamla Lewis
Neighborhood Revitalization Director,City of Shaker Heights
Tony Love
Citizen Board MemberSean Malone
Council Representative, City of Shaker HeightsAnthony Moore
Citizen Board MemberJeremy Paris
Citizen Board MemberJulianna Johnston Senturia
Council Representative, City of Shaker HeightsSubba Shankar
Citizen Board MemberBenjamin Woodcock
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For more information, contact nick.fedor@shakerdevcorp.com or call 216.491.1425.