City In Review: Chicago

Riverdale · 2024-04

Riverdale logs lone $2M renovation permit

Riverdale recorded a single permit in April—a renovation worth $2 million. No new businesses opened or closed. Residents filed 125 service requests, led by 30 tree-trim tickets (a category the city no longer accepts). Eight stray-animal complaints and seven streetlight-out reports rounded out the list. Police logged 111 crimes, 53 of them violent. One food establishment failed inspection.

By the numbers

Building permits1
Declared construction value$2,000,000
New business licenses2
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests125
Reported crimes111
Violent crimes53
Failed food inspections1

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