Decaying Pillsbury mill in Illinois that once churned flour into opportunity is now getting new life – Winnipeg Free Press
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Pillsbury Mills was a groundbreaking, history-making flour mill in central Illinois for most of the 20th century
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — It was the dog, stuck atop skyscraping grain silos on Springfield’s northeast side in 2019, that forced Chris Richmond’s hand. The stray had found its way to the top of the behemoth Pillsbury Mills, for decades a flour-churning engine of the central Illinois city’s economy but now vacant more than 20 […]
It was the dog, stuck atop skyscraping grain silos on Springfield's northeast side in 2019, that forced Chris Richmond's hand.
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.