Who Will Be Named Brandon’s Key Citizen of the Year?

Who will succeed Tammy Holmberg as Brandon's Key Citizen of the Year? That announcement, along with the newest named recipient of the Greater Brandon Community Leadership Award, is scheduled to be made Feb. 1, 2013, at the chamber's annual membership dinner at The Regent.

Holmberg received the 2011 Key Citizen of the Year Award, for her tireless work as a community minded business owner, with a slew of testimonials to her credit for the countless number of events she has supported through the years.

Holmberg, a former honorary mayor of Brandon, with her husband, Paul, are the owners of the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Lake Brandon Village on Causeway Boulevard. The key citizen award is given annually to a recipient chosen by past honorees.

• See Tammy Holmberg Named Brandon's 2011 Key Citizen of the Year

"I didn't expect this," Tammy Holmberg said, in receiving her award last year, as noted in a video attached to the 2012 Brandon Patch report. "I just want to say thank you, and from the bottom of my heart. I just do what I do because I love people and I love my community."

• For a list of past Key Citizen honorees, see list below.

This year, as in year's past, the recipient of the Key Citizen Award is chosen on the basis of his or her contributions to the progress of the Brandon community. Chamber officials note further:

Nominees should be unselfishly devoted to contributing time and effort for the betterment of the Brandon community rather than for their own personal gain. Involvement in the Brandon community must be consistent, with a minimum period of service of five years, and should be in a number of well-rounded activities, primarily in the Brandon area, with an emphasis on the immediate past year. Nominations will be kept on file for a period of three years. After that time, previous applicants need to be nominated again and submit current information.

The 2013 membership dinner is scheduled for Feb. 1 at The Regent, at 6437 Watson Road, in the southwest corner of the Winthrop community in the Greater Brandon area of Riverview, at the corner of Bloomingdale Avenue and Providence Road.

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Brandon: Key Citizen Of The Year Honorees

The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce each year at its annual membership dinner announces its newest Key Citizen Award recipient. The plaque recognizing these recipients, dating back to 1977, hangs on a wall on the second floor of the chamber building. The spirit of the award is reflected in this phrase, engraved on the plaque: "Opening Doors To Brandon's Progress." The newest inductee will be named in January 2011.

Key Citizen Award Recipients:

• 1977 - Alice Tompkins and Julian Craft
• 1978 - Dick Stowers
• 1979 - Ouida Gray
• 1980 - Patricia Odiorne
• 1981 - Robert L. Dykes
• 1982 - Hilda Hampton
• 1983 - Charles Slowey
• 1984 - Carol Todd
• 1985 - Paul Sanders
• 1986 - Rev. Bill Wynn
• 1987 - Sandy Rodriguez
• 1988 - Lyle Flagg
• 1989 - Betty Jo Tompkins
• 1990 - Vincent Ferraro
• 1991 - Alice Storms
• 1992 - Joyce Uphoff
• 1993 - Ardi MacKinnon
• 1994 - Richard (Dick) Cimino
• 1995 - George P. Anello Jr.
• 1996 - Lisa Rodriguez
• 1997 - B. Lee Elam
• 1998 - Sandy MacKinnon
• 1999 - Bill Wolfe
• 2000 - Ramon F. Campo
• 2001 - Anne Nymark
• 2002 - Dr. Stephen Parks
• 2003 - Edward G. Johns
• 2004 - John B. Noriega
• 2005 - Stephen I. Saunders III
• 2006 - Margaret Wynn
• 2007 - Clifton C. Curry 
• 2008 - Randy Wolfe
• 2009 - Mark Proctor
• 2010 - Becky Jordan
• 2011 - Tammy Holmberg

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Who do you think should get the 2012 Key Citizen of the Year Award? Let us know in the comment box below.

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