Young & Young Associates Inc. Owner: Ervin Young Phone: 318-264-0035 It’s A Family Thing: (an article from the Crown Club.) No strangers to the cleaning business, brothers Ervin and Christopher Young along with their wives Samantha and Jacqueline, Purchased their Alexandria, LA based franchise in 2007. The Young’s father, Melvin, taught his boys how to clean businesses as young men and laid the foundation for the two to become successful in a business of their own. According to Ervin, their father taught them early on that in order to feed your family, you have to earn a living. So each day after sports practice, the brothers would meet their dad to help him get his janitorial business finished for the night.  In fact, it was their father who recommended  Jani-King to the aspiring entrepreneurs. “We already knew how to clean”, said Ervin. “But with Jani-King, we received support from the Alexandria office which helps us to get accounts, bid and also access equipment.