Real gross domestic product (GDP) declined in three of six Central New York metropolitan areas in 2016, according to new statistics on GDP growth by metro area, released on Sept. 20 by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). 

All six CNY metro areas trailed the national average of 1.7 percent real GDP growth in the nation’s 382 metro areas. And none of the six local areas ranked among the top 240 regions in real GDP growth last year. 

Elmira experienced the sharpest decline among CNY metropolitan areas with a real GDP drop of 3.8 percent. Syracuse recorded the highest gain among Central New York regions with 0.4 percent growth.

Nationally, real GDP increased in 267 out of 382 metropolitan areas in 2016 compared to 2015. Real GDP growth by metro area ranged from a high of 8.1 percent in Lake Charles, Louisiana and Bend–Redmond, Oregon to a low of -13.3 percent in Odessa, Texas.

GDP by metro area is the sub-state counterpart of the nation’s GDP, the BEA’s “featured and most comprehensive” measure of U.S. economic activity, the bureau said. GDP by metro area is derived from the sum of the GDP originating in all the industries in the metro area. Real GDP is GDP adjusted for inflation, by excluding the effects of price changes.

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.          

CNY ATD has announced the nominees for the 10th Anniversary CNY BEST Talent Development Awards. The organization says it annually presents the awards to recognize excellence in talent development in Central New York. Organizations that link learning to the strategic growth or success of organizations and individuals will be recognized as Central New York’s best in talent development, CNY ATD said in a news release.

The CNY BEST Talent Development Awards nominees are the following:

For-Profit Organizations

– The Hartford Insurance Company

– Indium

– OBG

– Oneida Nation Enterprises

– Rhe Raymond Corporation

– Turning Stone Casino Resort

Not-for-Profit Organizations

– AmeriCU Credit Union

– Binghamton University Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development

– Crouse Hospital

– First Tee of Syracuse

– The Gifford Foundation

– NYSERNet.org and SUNY SAIL Institute

– University College of Syracuse University

Individual/Team

– Jim McCoy and Rick Short, Indium

A panel of local and national judges representing the profession and community will be evaluating the nominations for quality of talent-development practices, practice results and impacts, and demonstrations of how the practices linked to the strategic growth or success of the organization and individuals, the release stated.

The CNY BEST winners will be announced at the CNY BEST Talent Development Awards ceremony to be held on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 5 p.m. at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown. Registration and information regarding the CNY BEST Talent Development program and the awards ceremony are available at www.cnyastd.org, info@cnyastd.org, or by calling (315) 546-2783.