City In Review: Chicago

Hegewisch · 2025-09

Hegewisch permit value triples to $300k

Hegewisch logged $300k in permit value this month, up 274% from August's $80k. Most of that came through 15 express permits; one renovation permit rounded out the 16 total. Violent crime jumped from 10 incidents to 19, though overall crime was up just 13%. Service requests dropped 32%, from 460 to 313. Garbage cart issues led the list at 29 calls, followed by tree emergencies (26) and debris cleanups (25). No new business licenses, no closures, no food inspection fails.

By the numbers

Building permits16
Declared construction value$299,882
New business licenses1
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests313
Reported crimes52
Violent crimes19
Failed food inspections0

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