Something Healthy Market celebrates 20 years

KateLynn Slaamot
NLJ Correspondent
 
Something Healthy Market is celebrating its 20-year business anniversary at the store Saturday, June 26, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Patty Cole, owner
of Something Healthy, said that a Crazy Fresh representative is going to be there, and there will be door prizes and food, including dairy-free ice cream bars. 
Cole’s journey in health food started in 1998 when she partnered in a business called Wyoming Natural Products, which sold grass-fed beef, with Joe Sandrini and Jim Millett. Cole said that they were “ahead of their time” and had a website. Through that business, Cole learned things about food and nutrition that she hadn’t known before.
“It was an eye-opening experience,” she said, noting that she came to appreciate the importance of organic foods. 
With that newfound passion, Cole found that she had no local store to get her health food, and she considered opening her own. With her partner, her stepmother Susan Francis, they opened up Something Healthy Market in 2001, in the front of the building that housed Wyoming Natural Products, at 26 S. Seneca Ave, a building they shared with A-1 Agency. Cole said they ran the store in a very small space, while they operated Wyoming Natural Products in the back. Cole and Francis were partners for over a year before Cole took over the business completely. 
Cole moved the market to 212 W. Main St. after a couple of years, bringing Wyoming Natural Products with her, and she stayed there for about five years. After that, she moved to her current building at 119 W. Main St. in 2007. Then, in 2008, she stopped the Wyoming Natural Products business. 
Cole said that she wanted to offer a place in the community where people could meet their health food needs. Francis added that Cole runs the business more as a service to the people, and she’s always willing to special order things for people if she can. 
The store offers a variety of quality products. In addition, because of all the food sensitivities, such as gluten allergies or dairy allergies, she has several options in her store, such as dairy free ice cream, vegan ranch and more. She also does produce baskets every week, something she’s been doing since she started. 
Over the years, as health foods and organic options become more and more familiar, new and improved products become available, according to Cole.
“They’re always coming up with something new,” Cole said.
Cole said that she can’t believe she has already been open and serving the community for 20 years.
“It’s unbelievable. It went by in a blink of an eye,” she said. 
She is excited about reaching this milestone, she said.
“I am grateful for the support of our community — after all, if I didn’t have their support, I wouldn’t be in business for 20 years,” Cole said. 
Something Healthy is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cole welcomes all to stop by and see all the diverse products she has to offer. She also welcomes the community to celebrate with her on Saturday.