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Black-owned barbershop thrives for 50 years as community hub

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Many businesses along Grand Rapids' Wealthy Street corridor have come and gone, but one Black-owned barbershop that has stood the test of time for more than 50 years. "It's like home," said Steve Butler, sitting in the barber chair at Lady Love by James Price, near the corner of Wealthy Street and Fuller Avenue. Butler has been a client there for over 40 years. "I get cut every week. I gotta be neat. I gotta stay nea…

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