GADSDEN, AL - The Etowah Chamber hosted its first-ever Etowah Update: Healthcare Summit at Gadsden State Community College on August 20th, 2025 bringing together leaders in healthcare, higher education, and workforce development to discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of local care. Chamber President & CEO Philip Hall opened the program by thanking sponsors and highlighting the Chamber’s role in convening leaders around critical issues. Gadsden State President Alan Smith welcomed
Gadsden, AL (August 27, 2025)– Patients facing life-threatening heart failure now have a new reason for hope. Gadsden Regional Medical Center (GRMC) is utilizing new minimally invasive, heart-pumping technology that can temporarily take over the heart’s work, giving it time to rest and recover. Inserted into the heart by accessing the artery through a small incision near the shoulder, the device can circulate enough blood to keep oxygen flowing to vital organs while reducing strain on the heart. “This
Gadsden, AL, (August 19, 2025) – We’re repeatedly told getting a good night’s sleep is important and Dr. James Arnold, a family medicine physician with Foothills Family Medicine, wants you to know some of the reasons why. Dr. Arnold says your overall health and well-being directly benefit from the complex internal work going on while you sleep. Sleep frees your body and brain to experience important changes and processes that, if not completed, can lead to less effective physical and mental
The Etowah Chamber’s 12th Annual Celebrate Local Business Expo was one for the books. Held July 31 at The Venue at Coosa Landing, this year’s event drew over 1,000 attendees from across the county, making it the largest in the Expo’s history. Guests enjoyed meeting the people behind more than 80 local businesses, sampling food from area restaurants and food trucks, playing games, and voting for their favorites in the Best Taste of Etowah and booth categories. The energy was high from the moment the
Rainbow City, AL – The Etowah Chamber recently helped celebrate the latest expansion of Gadsden Regional Imaging with a ribbon cutting at their facility, located at 3502 Rainbow Drive on the corner of US 411 and AL 77. This exciting addition includes the introduction of 3D mammography and bone densitometry services, further expanding their already robust diagnostic imaging offerings. In addition to these new services, Gadsden Regional Imaging continues to offer X-rays, MRIs, CT scans, lab services, and