The chants of community members echo across the courthouse square. It's been years since the community hospital was open, but two years ago citizens voted on a half-cent sales tax, part of which would bring the hospital back to life. They say too many people are dying on the ambulance ride to Tallahassee.

"I would hate for someone else to have to lose their father the way I lost my father due to there not being a hospital. How many fathers do we have to lose, or mothers do we have to lose because we don't have a hospital," said Lashay Lattimore. Her father was killed in a hit and run accident.

The county commission has been working on the hospital for more than a year and the June 2010 deadline for reopening is fast approaching.

"Rural communities always have to focus on rural fragmented services, but if we work together and collaborate, we can make this happen," said Angela Burgess, a Grassroots Community Activist.

But folks living in this community are losing faith that commissioners will get the job done.

"We're here to say to the commissioners, follow through on the vote of the county, of Gadsden County," said Jeanette Wynn, a Gadsden County resident.

Commissioners should know by early December if the Hospital Cooperation of America is going to help with opening the community hospital in Gadsden.