City In Review: Chicago

Clearing · Then vs Now

Clearing: 2024-08 vs 2025-08

A side-by-side look at how Clearing shifted between two periods.

2024-08 2025-08 Change
Building permits 23 17 -26%
Construction value ($) $638,703 $433,043 -32%
New business licenses 7 6 -14%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 802 1,136 +42%
Reported crimes 81 93 +15%
Violent crimes 24 28 +17%
Failed food inspections 1 0 -100%

2024-08

Clearing permit value drops $305k in August

Building permit value in Clearing fell 32% in August, down to $639k from July's $944k, even as the number of permits dipped only slightly (23 vs. 26). Most of the 23 permits came through the express program. Residents filed 197 rodent complaints, making rat baiting the top 311 category by a wide margin. Violent crime ticked up 20%, from 20 incidents to 24, while overall crime fell 13%. One food establishment failed inspection. No new businesses opened or closed.

2025-08

Clearing's 300 basement-water complaints lead quiet August

Water in Basement complaints hit 300 in Clearing in August, a quarter of the neighborhood's 1,136 service requests—down 21% from July. Rodent baiting came in second with 111 calls. Permits dropped 29% to 17, most filed through the express program, and permit value fell 31% to $433k. Violent crime dropped 30% to 28 incidents.

New businesses — 2024-08

  • LIVE BETTER/VIVE MEJOR (Retail Food Establishment)
  • HOLDEN AMERICA IL, LLC (Manufacturing Establishments)
  • MIDWAY CAKE SUPPLIES (Retail Food Establishment)
  • GIORDANO'S RESTAURANT (Retail Food Establishment)
  • GIORDANO'S RESTAURANT (Consumption on Premises - Incidental Activity)
  • Good Energy Ent LLC (Limited Business License)
  • VALLE'S PRODUCE #5 CORPORATION (Tobacco)

New businesses — 2025-08

  • HAYES MECHANICAL (Regulated Business License)
  • THE CRACKED EGG (Retail Food Establishment)
  • VALLE'S PRODUCE #5 CORPORATION (Retail Food Establishment)
  • HAYES MECHANICAL (Limited Business License)
  • VALLE'S PRODUCE #5 CORPORATION (Tobacco)
  • TAMALES DON MANOLO (Retail Food Establishment)