BALDWINSVILLE — Lynn Tanner has been selected as the 2017 Greater Baldwinsville Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year. Awarded since 1988, the Business Person of the Year honors an individual who has demonstrated integrity, accomplishments in business, and business, civic, and/or corporate leadership, the Greater Baldwinsville Chamber said in a news release. Tanner […]
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BALDWINSVILLE — Lynn Tanner has been selected as the 2017 Greater Baldwinsville Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year.
Awarded since 1988, the Business Person of the Year honors an individual who has demonstrated integrity, accomplishments in business, and business, civic, and/or corporate leadership, the Greater Baldwinsville Chamber said in a news release.
Tanner is executive director of the Radisson Community Association (RCA), which manages both the residential Radisson community and the corporate park. Radisson has more than 2,900 single-family homes, townhouses, patio homes, condominiums, and apartments, and its corporate parks has 40-plus businesses. Covering an area of more than 4.5 square miles, Radisson is comprised of 3,000 residential acres and 950 acres for manufacturing, warehouses, distribution, and offices.
As executive director, Tanner manages a staff of 14 full-time, year-round employees and 85 seasonal employees, directs the day-to-day operations of the community, and oversees an annual budget of more than $2 million, per the release. She started with RCA more than 20 years ago, and was promoted from office manager and accountant to the role of executive director in 2010.
Thomas Taylor, an attorney with Bousquet Holstein PLLC and legal counsel for RCA, nominated Tanner for this award. In his letter of support, Taylor wrote, “Lynn has overseen the growth in the residential side of the development, working with builders to get sites approved, ensured that all pathways, playfields and other amenities are working and available, liaisoned with the Town of Lysander to address resident concerns... [she] addressed drainage issues for the many ponds/lakes within Radisson, and the recent reclassification of flood-zoned properties by FEMA. Lynn also works with the staff at ESD (Empire State Development), which oversees the commercial component of Radisson.”
In addition to her leadership of RCA, Tanner is active in the greater Baldwinsville community through her volunteer work with the Belgium Cold Springs Fire Department and the Baldwinsville Center for the Arts. She is a past board member of the Northwest Family YMCA and served on the B’ville Big Chill committee.
Tanner will be honored at a reception on Oct. 26 at the Anheuser-Busch InBev plant on Route 31.