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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It was the dog, stuck atop skyscraping grain silos on Springfield’s northeast side in 2019, that forced Chris Richmond’s hand.
Pillsbury Mills was a groundbreaking, history-making flour mill in central Illinois for most of the 20th century. But its continued disuse prompted a nonprofit group to create a five-year plan
A nonprofit called Moving Pillsbury Forward has a five-year, $10 million plan to raze the century-old plant and renew the 18-acre site.
It was the dog, stuck atop skyscraping grain silos on Springfield’s northeast side in 2019, that forced Chris Richmond’s hand.
Chris Richmond was a first-generation college grad thanks to his father's Pillsbury paycheck. Now he's behind Moving Pillsbury Forward.