GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A longtime fixture in downtown Greensboro and a pillar of Black entrepreneurship is now closing its doors.
Dudley Cosmetology University has ended operations after 54 years on South Elm Street, marking another longtime business leaving downtown Greensboro.
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“I’m 83,” said Eunice Dudley, Dudley Cosmetology University Beauty School director. “It’s time to go. Let a younger person take it on. Let a new person, a younger person, start a school. That’s what it is. So, it’s bitter on that side, but it’s sweet on that side. It’s bittersweet.”
She said the decision to close was led by a changing industry and timing…