City In Review: Chicago

Roseland · 2024-10

Roseland permit count jumps 51% on express work

Roseland logged 53 permits in October, up from 35 the month before, though total construction value slipped 24% to $629k. Forty-five of those permits came through the city's express program, which handles smaller jobs. Service requests dropped 8% to 1,311, led by 110 calls for garbage cart maintenance and 98 complaints each about broken streetlights and abandoned vehicles. Crime fell 6% to 486 incidents, though violent offenses ticked up slightly. Food inspection failures dropped from eight to one.

By the numbers

Building permits53
Declared construction value$629,401
New business licenses19
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests1311
Reported crimes486
Violent crimes167
Failed food inspections1

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