Avalon Park · 2024-12
Avalon Park logs nine new businesses, crime jumps 26%
Avalon Park added nine businesses in December, including two daycares—Kreating Young Minds Academy and Raekwon's Scholastic Daycare Academy II—plus Fitzgerald Liquor, which picked up retail food, tobacco, and package goods licenses. Permits fell to 10 from 12, with seven handled through the express program. Total permit value dropped from $355k to $175k. Crime rose to 88 incidents from 70, a 26% increase, while violent crime held steady at 29. Service requests dropped 15%, led by dead animal pickups and water lead test kits.
By the numbers
| Building permits | 10 |
|---|---|
| Declared construction value | $174,506 |
| New business licenses | 9 |
| Business closings (proxy) | 0 |
| 311 service requests | 192 |
| Reported crimes | 88 |
| Violent crimes | 29 |
| Failed food inspections | 0 |
New businesses
- KREATING YOUNG MINDS ACADEMY, LLC (Children's Services Facility License)
- DOTY NASH FUNERAL HOME (Limited Business License)
- GOOD YEAR AUTO SERVICE CENTER (Motor Vehicle Services License)
- FITZGERALD LIQUOR (Retail Food Establishment)
- FITZGERALD LIQUOR (Package Goods)
- PRETTY ZILLA (Regulated Business License)
- The Champagne Connection, Inc (Regulated Business License)
- FITZGERALD LIQUOR (Tobacco)
- RAEKWON'S SCHOLASTIC DAYCARE ACADEMY II LLC (Children's Services Facility License)
Top permit types
- PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM — 7
- PERMIT - SIGNS — 2
- PERMIT - RENOVATION/ALTERATION — 1
Top 311 request types
- Dead Animal Pick-Up Request — 15
- Water Lead Test Kit Request — 14
- 311 INFORMATION ONLY CALL — 14
- Garbage Cart Maintenance — 13
- Traffic Signal Out Complaint — 11