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Recreation Strategic Plan
Plan Documents
Overview
In 2025, the City of Shaker Heights finalized a Recreation Strategic Plan that sets the stage for future recreation investments throughout the city. The Plan focuses on key locations for future recreational facilities/amenities and proposes priority uses for each site: Shaker Heights Middle School, Thornton Park, Chelton Park/Shaker School District Bus Depot, and the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Community Building/Colonnade area. The City also made upgrades to Hildana Park in 2025.
The development of the Plan was informed by robust community engagement and also included a comprehensive analysis of recreation needs; an evaluation of existing conditions at city recreation facilities; and research into recreation trends.
Community Engagement
To create a Recreation Strategic Plan that serves all of Shaker, the Planning and Recreation departments offered residents many opportunities to share their vision for the future of recreation. Engagement included online polling, in-person pop-up events, a project website for online engagement, and formal meetings. The results of that community engagement can be found here: https://engagemksk.mysocialpinpoint.com/shaker-heights-strategic-recreation-plan
Project Schedule
| Timeframe | Details |
|---|---|
| April 2024 | Project kick-off |
| May & June 2024 | Advisory Group meeting and Stakeholder interviews; Council update |
| August 2024 | Advisory Group meeting, Council update, pop up events throughout the city |
| August 7, 2024 | Public information session/meeting #1, Virtual meeting (watch recording) |
| August 8, 2024 | Public workshop #1. In person at the STJ Community Building |
| November 2024 | Advisory Group meeting and Council update |
| December 2, 2024 | Public information session/meeting #2. Virtual meeting (watch recording) |
| December 4, 2024 | Public workshop #2. In person at the STJ Community Building (3450 Lee Rd.) |
| February 2025 | Advisory Group and Council update |
| Fenruary 4, 2025 | City Council Work Session (watch recording | view slides) |
| March 2025 | Council adoption of the plan |
Documents
- February 4. 2025 Council Work Session Slide Deck (PDF)
- December 2024 Slide Deck, Public Information Session/Meeting #2 (PDF)
- August 2024 Slide Deck, Public Information Session/Meeting #1 (PDF)
- Recreation Strategic Plan Q&A - Round 1 Engagement (PDF)
- 2005 Recreation & Leisure Study (PDF)
- 2019 Forward Together Vision Plan (PDF)
- 2023 Lee Road Action Plan (PDF)
- 2023 Community Attitude Survey (PDF)
Media
Shaker Heights holds community workshop to plan future of city parks
Contact & Questions
Contact Kara Hamley O’Donnell, Principal Planner, at 216-491-1436 or by email.