Article: Group: We're not driving out N.F. String

DAUPHIN COUNTY

Harrisburg's Community Action Commission didn't stop a manufacturer from expanding on 4 acres in the city's South Allison Hill neighborhood in 2006, said Allen Westbrook, commission chairman.

N.F. String & Son Inc. Vice President Gregory F. String, who runs the company, claims otherwise. He said the commission kept him from developing an 80,000-square-foot building on the former brownfleld across the street from his business at 1380 Howard St.

Last week, String said he must pack up shop, along with 52 employees, and find a suitable spot on the West Shore.

We s t b r o o k wasn't chairman of the commission at the time String originally wanted the property, but he was a ...

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