GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A pointed statement from a business that's closed due to an "increasing amount of homeless and disadvantaged people" is getting some passionate reaction.

Propaganda Doughnuts posted to Facebook - then apparently removed - an explanation for why it has closed after two years operating on South Division Avenue. A screen shot is being shared on social media:

Bob Dykstra, who is the landlord for the store at 111 S. Division Ave. south of Oakes Street, said Propaganda as of Thursday, July 7, is closed for good. Its last day of business was Sunday, he said.

"I have been on this street for 10 years and it has gotten worse than ever in the last six months," said Dykstra, whose daughter had been managing the shop. "There are more homeless staying on the street. There are more drug dealers that prey on them.

"How do you replace tenants with those kinds of problems?"

Some reaction to the Propaganda post, on Facebook and on Reddit, has been strong - "because the truth hurts," Dykstra said.

Dykstra and some other South Division business owners are urging the city to revoke a permit for Heartside Ministry to move into a former Goodwill store at the corner of Cherry Street SE. They worry that an expanded ministry may lead to more "harassment, drugs, alcohol intoxication, panhandling and other undesirable activities" along the corridor, according to an appeal filed with the city.

Police incidents within a block of the doughnut shop on Division have included simple assaults, a purse snatching, marijuana possession and sale and use of crack over the past week, according to the city's crime map.

"The concentration of social service providers makes that a very service-intensive area," Police Chief David Rahinsky said. "That area has become a draw for all of western Michigan. It's not just serving the homeless population of greater Grand Rapids.

"More GRPD resources are deployed along that corridor of Division than anywhere else in the city. In a lot of respects, we're kind of triaging a community problem with very limited resources."

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