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Consumers and small businesses in communities across the U.S. and Puerto Rico are preparing to celebrate Small Business Saturday, taking place this year on November 24. Because an average two-thirds of every dollar ($0.67) spent at small businesses in the U.S. stays in the local community, consumers’ local impact during the important holiday shopping seasonRead more

The Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce invites you to join us at 8 AM this Thursday, November 15th at the Crowley Town Club for our quarterly Business Over Breakfast with guest speakers from Matthew Aaron Agency! We are so excited to have MAA, one of Louisiana’s leading social media and digital marketing agencies, presenting onRead more

The Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce will hold its Acadia Quarterly Luncheon on Wednesday, November 7th at 11:30 am.  Chamber members and guests are invited to join us at the LSU AgCenter for our first networking luncheon of the year. This luncheon will feature Louisiana’s Secretary of the Department of Transportation & Development (DOTD), Shawn Wilson,Read more

Article by The Daily Advertiser Acadia General Hospital cut the ribbon on its new $4 million, 7,500-square foot  emergency department Friday. It features nine patient rooms, one trauma room, two triage rooms, two holding rooms and waiting for 35, among other dedicated specialty care areas. The original ER was 3,000 square feet and built toRead more

Teams began at the crack of dawn— 6 AM was an early, but crucial start for the 15th Annual Gumbo Cook-Off at the Rayne Frog Festival Pavilion. Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and staff, volunteers, and teams began unloading and setting up for an exciting day ahead. At 7 AM teams couldRead more

Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation, an Elder Outreach community in Crowley, has been named a recipient in the 2018 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards. The nursing home facility, which specializes in long-term care and skilled nursing, was honored for its use of the It’s Never 2 Late® (iN2L) system. Encore uses iN2L to help its residentsRead more

When a loved one is sick or hurt, nothing should get in the way of helping them get better. Crowley Urgent Care is a walk-in urgent care clinic providing prompt care to adults and children of all ages for a wide-ranging spectrum of non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses. Our fully staffed medical center responds with minimalRead more

Last week, citizens of Rayne and Acadia Parish packed the Rayne Civic Center Ballroom for the 2018 Rayne Candidate Forum. We are proud to offer the forum with the purpose of informing citizens. Our Chamber’s Legislative Committee under the direction of Chairperson, Daniel Nugier, as well as the Acadia Parish and Rayne Chamber’s Board ofRead more

Last week, the Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Duson hosted a ribbon cutting celebration at Cajun Claws Seafood Boilers for the new service road, Stirling Lane, in Duson. Mayor Johnny Thibodeaux shared that many businesses are already calling about development in the area, and he is optimistic that the service roadRead more

Isabella de la Houssaye never saw her lung cancer coming. The mom of five had never smoked a day in her life, didn’t drink and spent her spare time training for marathons, Ironmans and more. She was so active — and fast, winning her age group in a half marathon just a month before her diagnosisRead more