Most lumberyards would have just taken the money and moved if the state said it planned on taking all but about half an acre of the business' functional land-especially if the buildings were old, the layout inefficient, and the neighbors hostile.
But not Sanford & Hawley, a 129-year-old lumber and LBM operation in Unionville, Conn. The company, now operated by the fourth and fifth generations of its founder, stubbornly stuck to its historic roots and pulled out all the stops.
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