Manufacturer feels forced out of capital

DAUPHIN COUNTY

A coin roller and change counting-machine manufacturer in Harrisburg's South Allison Hill neighborhood wants to get out of the city.

At 1380 Howard St., N.F. String & Sonine, is surrounded by abandoned buildings, vacant tracts, litter and crime.

But Vice President Gregory F. String, who runs the company, said blight isn't making him move the business. He said it's satisfying providing fulltime jobs with full benefits to 52 employees, many of whom are from the depressed neighborhood.

String wants to move to the West Shore because in 2006 Harrisburg's Community Action Commission blocked his bid to expand on an unoccupied 4-acre former …