After 25 years of serving as publisher and editor of “Families First Monthly,” Northport resident Laura Kalchik is bidding farewell with her recently announced special final edition.
The local publication was a venture that Kalchik always wanted to pursue since she began working in sales at Northern Express in Traverse City. At 39-years-old in May of 2000, she began the publication as a resource for parents in the Grand Traverse and surrounding areas. From there, she continued to make connections with people and businesses in the community, embracing every opportunity she was presented with and successfully running the publication for over two decades.
“I’m very grateful for all the things that ‘Families First Monthly’ allowed us… I always love putting the publication together and running the stories, but it got to where I just knew that I needed to let go of the business part of it,” Kalchik said. “I’d like to encourage anyone who’s in their 40s or late 30s, if they’re not happy with what they’re doing or if they have a passion to do something, especially the wherewithal, or if they know they can do it, then they should do it.”
