Community Profile

Pledge Summary

Nestled in the lands of the Western Reserve, Brecksville was founded in 1811. It is located at the southern border of Cuyahoga County in northeast Ohio, in the heart of rolling woodlands, approximately fifteen miles south of Cleveland. The City encompasses 19.54 square miles and the 2020 census reported that Brecksville had a population of 13,948, and it’s not much more than that now. We like being small. Legislative authority is vested in a seven-member City Council elected at large. Jerry N. Hruby is Mayor and has held office since 1988. Our young people are educated in the Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District which is consistently rated as one of the best school districts in the state. Perhaps the most distinguishable feature of Brecksville is that 1/3 of those 19.54 square miles are parkland including the Cleveland Metroparks Brecksville Reservation and the adjacent Cuyahoga Valley National Park. In 2016, the City established a Community Garden, using property that was once a basketball court. One year later, the Chippewa Garden Club and the community garden gardeners planted a Monarch WayStation just outside the fenced garden area. Mayor Hruby is committed to extending this effort to other areas of the City including our beautiful residential yards. He has appointed the Chippewa Garden Club to be his representative in this challenge!