Holistic approach to self-care
By Jillian Manning | Jan. 29, 2022
Kelly Young owns a dispensary, but her goal isn’t to get you high. Instead, at Torch Cannabis Co. in Central Lake, Young promotes a holistic approach to self-care.
“My whole passion has been around helping people get access to [cannabis],” she says. “To learn how it works with their bodies so they can become their own health and wellness advocate.”
Hometown Girl
Young was born and raised in northern Michigan — delivered, in fact, at a roadside park at Birch Lake while her parents were on the way to Munson Hospital — and has always considered the area home. Her name is a familiar one north of Traverse City, as her father Richard (Rick) Young has been the proprietor of the Village Market in Elk Rapids since 1974. Young herself did stints in the family business, both in Elk Rapids and at the family’s grocery store in Central Lake.
“In 2011, my brother and I bought the Central Lake grocery store,” Young says. “The footprint size of the store wasn’t big enough to really sustain all that we put into it to make it a good community grocery store, so we knew we needed to expand it to make it bigger.”
The Young family purchased two buildings next door, planning to tear them down and…
Holistic approach to self-care
By Jillian Manning | Jan. 29, 2022
Kelly Young owns a dispensary, but her goal isn’t to get you high. Instead, at Torch Cannabis Co. in Central Lake, Young promotes a holistic approach to self-care.
“My whole passion has been around helping people get access to [cannabis],” she says. “To learn how it works with their bodies so they can become their own health and wellness advocate.”
Hometown Girl
Young was born and raised in northern Michigan — delivered, in fact, at a roadside park at Birch Lake while her parents were on the way to Munson Hospital — and has always considered the area home. Her name is a familiar one north of Traverse City, as her father Richard (Rick) Young has been the proprietor of the Village Market in Elk Rapids since 1974. Young herself did stints in the family business, both in Elk Rapids and at the family’s grocery store in Central Lake.
“In 2011, my brother and I bought the Central Lake grocery store,” Young says. “The footprint size of the store wasn’t big enough to really sustain all that we put into it to make it a good community grocery store, so we knew we needed to expand it to make it bigger.”
The Young family purchased two buildings next door, planning to tear them down and…
