Fillmore Linen Service opens in North Lawndale, part of larger project to create more jobs

By Amy Yee. Originally appeared in Chicago Sun-Times.

Caprice Hamer, machine operator at Fillmore Linen Service, shows off his station at the soil sorting and rail system at Fillmore’s new facility in North Lawndale. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

The health care laundry company Fillmore Linen Service opened the doors of its North Lawndale facility on Wednesday, as part of a larger initiative to create jobs and revitalize the West Side neighborhood.

The company occupies 45,000 square feet at the Fillmore Center, a 168,000-square-foot building at 4100 W. Fillmore St. that was once home to the Calumet Baking Powder Co. Until recently, the 111-year old building was mostly vacant in the under-invested neighborhood.

Ready the rest of this story at the Chicago Sus-Times.