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ARCADIA, Wis. (WEAU)-- Access to healthcare is expanding for thousands who live and work in Arcadia. This afternoon, Ashley Furniture cut the ribbon on its Ashley Wellness Center located at Arcadia's Historic St. Joseph's Hospital.

The expanded facility offers healthcare to Ashley Furniture employees and their families. Ashley Furniture chairman Ron Wanek says the wellness center is made possible thanks to a connection with Gundersen Health System. Back in 2008, Ashley partnered with Gundersen to open the first Ashley Wellness Center in Arcadia and since then they've served more than 11,000 patients.

Wanek sees the expanded facility as a beneficial investment for everyone involved. He says the facility will make health care more easily accessible to thousands of families.

We live in Arcadia where we are 45 miles away from La Crosse and 45 miles from Eau Claire. People will get healthcare here because its convenient instead of driving one way or the other they can make appointments here and stop in, Wanek explained.

Along with offering services like eye exams and physical therapy, the Ashley Wellness Center's main focus is on preventative care.

Preventative medicine is the best medicine. When you talk about health, you don't want to wait until people are sick. You want to catch those things early and have the access by being closer to home certainly helps, Dr. Scott Rathgaber, CEO of Gundersen Health System said.

The clinic will be open regularly from 6am-6 pm Monday through Friday and Saturday from 9 am to noon.

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