Chamber awards Citizen, Business

The Twin Cities Chamber of Commerce has made two additional award presentations this week, after covid-19 related restrictions prevented the annual Chamber Awards Banquet from taking place.

Award recipients this week included Citizen of the Year, presented to Darcy Linn, and Business of the Year, presented to The Current newspaper.

Executive Director Thea Vowell presented the engraved acrylic award and a bouquet of flowers to Linn on Monday.

Nominees for Citizen of the Year also included Donna Hacker of Fulton and Wanda Sandling of South Fulton.

In the nomination submitted for Linn, she was lauded for her “devoted, tireless efforts relating to the humane treatment of animals in the Twin Cities.”

The submission goes on to state “Darcy volunteers for what easily could be considered a fulltime basis, keeping the city of Fulton’s pound clean, cool in the Summer and warm in the Winter. She has take it upon herself to transport countless animals to neighboring cities for veterinary services, provided humane traps to gather animals for care and eventual adoption and sought funding for food and other needed items at the pound by coordinating sales of t-shirts, and most recently, protective masks. She has also assisted the City of South Fulton’s Animal Control Officer, when needed.”

The nomination concludes with recognizing her invaluable service to the Twin Cities, seeking no pay or compensation, and her dedication in humanely managing the control of the dog and cat population in the communities, while caring for animals and partnering with rescue networks to locate foster homes and forever homes for these animals.

“She deserves to be honored for her humble and willing spirit in serving her community,” the nomination states.

Linn is a resident of Fulton and serves as a Fulton City Commissioner.

In regard to the 2019 Business of the Year award, nominees in addition to The Current included Vine & Branch and Fulton County Transit Authority.

In the submitted nomination for The Current, it was stated the newspaper was “dedicated to keeping the community accurately informed with information that effects citizens and businesses, covering and reporting public meetings and events, while managing to continue operations despite the pandemic and the financial impact of restrictions on businesses, in decreased advertising, and a reduction in staff.”

The Current was nominated, according to the submission, for implementing online and social media, news access breaking news text and email alerts, providing more immediate notification to readers and subscribers when necessary, instead of relying only through the print edition each week, broadening the newspaper’s reach and expanding coverage.

Vowell presented the award and bouquet on Monday to Benita Fuzzell, Editor/Publisher and Barbara Atwill, Business Office Manager.