Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp.'s Neighborhood and Community

Welcome to the Fairfax Neighborhood

The Fairfax neighborhood is a large, culturally diverse community that boasts the following strengths:

A stable population through long-term residents and strong community involvement.
Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation (FRDC) has brought about reinvestment, new housing, and more pride in the neighborhood, along with the encouragement to improve and maintain.
Strong institutions, especially churches.
Proximity to downtown, cultural centers and institutions; and with easy access to freeways.

Welcome to Fairfax


Fairfax is home to three nationally recognized institutions. The foremost of these is The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, established in 1921, which now ranks as Cuyahoga County’s largest private employer.		The Cleveland Clinic Foundation


Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), 8501 Carnegie Avenue		Just to the west, at East 86 Street and Euclid Avenue is the Cleveland Playhouse, an architectural and cultural landmark founded in 1917 and expanded in 1983 to incorporate three state-of-the-art theaters under one roof. Today, it is also houses the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).

Finally, Karamu House (pictured on the right) is an inter-racial theater and arts center which dates from 1917 (and has been located at its present site since 1949).

Karamu House


The continuing expansion of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the construction and opening of the InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center Cleveland, the rehabilitation of the Health Museum (the country’s oldest museum devoted to health education and information - now HealthSpace Cleveland), and the completion of the Church Square shopping center (along the neighborhood’s northern border) are factors which are now strengthening the market for private development in Fairfax.


InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center Cleveland 9801 Carnegie Avenue	HealthSpace Cleveland - 8911 Euclid Avenue

Bolton Elementary School Playground, donated by FRDC in partnership with Allstate Insurance, 1997		Otis Moss Jr.- University Hospitals Medical Center, 8819 Quincy Avenue

Map of the FRDC Service Area

Map of FRDC Service Area

For driving directions to Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation's office at Quincy Place, click here for the Yahoo map.

For additional information about the economic development in the Fairfax neighborhood, click here. And for information about FRDC’s vision and strategic plan for the community, click here.

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