Coffee Shoppe owner Jackie Smith opened a second shop less than a mile away in Selma, Alabama, on Water Avenue called Reflections and she announced this week she is closing the original shop this month. Smith talks about the decision with Black Belt News Network's Todd Prater while in the Coffee Shoppe that she opened 14 years ago.

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