City In Review: Chicago

Mount Greenwood · Then vs Now

Mount Greenwood: 2024-07 vs 2025-07

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

2024-07 2025-07 Change
Building permits 20 20 0%
Construction value ($) $688,784 $665,906 -3%
New business licenses 3 5 +67%
Business closings (proxy) 0 0
311 service requests 593 644 +9%
Reported crimes 39 46 +18%
Violent crimes 6 8 +33%
Failed food inspections 1 1 0%

2024-07

Mount Greenwood permit work tops $688k

Mount Greenwood logged $688,784 in permit value during July, up 22.5% from June, with 20 permits issued. Eighteen were Express Program jobs—small-scope work that doesn't require full review. Service requests jumped 24%, led by 93 rodent-baiting calls and 80 garbage-cart issues. Crime fell 19%, with violent incidents dropping by half—from 13 to 6. No businesses opened or closed. One food establishment failed inspection.

2025-07

Mount Greenwood permit value drops 43% to $666k

Mount Greenwood issued 20 permits in July, up from 16 the month before, but total value fell to $666k—down 43% from June's $1.2 million. Fourteen of the permits came through the express program, while three were for signs and two for renovations. No new business licenses or closures showed up in the data.

New businesses — 2024-07

  • IMAGINE THAT WORLD OF PLAY (Children's Services Facility License)
  • CARLY'S MINI BAZAAR (Limited Business License)
  • POPS ITALIAN BEEF TWO (Retail Food Establishment)

New businesses — 2025-07

  • Healthstyle Holistic (Regulated Business License)
  • DONUT DUDES (Special Event Food)
  • THE SPACE (Limited Business License)
  • MT. GREENWOOD AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS (Motor Vehicle Services License)
  • CHICAGO'S BEAUTY BOUTIQUE (Limited Business License)