East Garfield Park · 2026-05

David's Auto opens; East Garfield Park permits, 311 hit zero

David's Auto, a motor vehicle service shop, picked up a license in May. That's the only new business. Everything else in East Garfield Park flatlined: zero building permits after April's four (worth $3 million), zero 311 requests after 312, zero reported crimes after ten. The data doesn't explain why May went silent across the board.

Drafted by City In Review's reporting engine from the source records below; every figure is verified against the underlying data before publication. How this works.

By the numbers

Building permits	0
Declared construction value	$0
New business licenses	1
Business closings (proxy)	0
311 service requests	0
Reported crimes	0
Violent crimes	0
Failed food inspections	0

New businesses

DAVID'S AUTO (Motor Vehicle Services License)

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