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What off-duty poets do, chapter 73: Doughnut shop closing leaves hole [US]
GREENSBORO -- Krispy Kreme's trademark neon lights have gone dark on East Market Street, shutting down what some hoped would be an anchor for redevelopment in east Greensboro.
The fanfare surrounding the opening was huge, with speeches by Project Homestead's leader, the Rev. Michael King, Krispy Kreme Chairman Scott Livengood and famed poet Maya Angelou.
Angelou praised Krispy Kreme for opening in an economically depressed area that had once been home to many successful black-owned businesses before urban renewal efforts drove them away.
"One hundred businesses gone and one starting up to replace 1,000 dreams," Angelou said at the opening.

They expected a doughnut shop located exactly where it wasn't likely to make a profit and owned by a nonprofit and blessed by a poet... to make money? Meanwhile, Angelou sells cookbooks.
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