The Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce
(ARCC) announced that the 26th J.
Walter Juckett Community Service Award is
Robert J. Joy, founding principal of JMZ Architects
and Planners PC.
The award was presented March 12 at the
ARCC annual dinner at Heritage Hall in the
Glens Falls Civic Center.
The Juckett Award is a prestigious community
award designed to honor an individual
who has “selflessly gone above and beyond by
contributing time and energy to help others.”
The banquet also featured the presentation
of the ARCC Ambassador of the Year Award to
Mark Sidoti from PrimeLink.
Joy has been involved in numerous nonprofit
and charitable organizations throughout the
community.
“Bob Joy aptly reflects the principles and
qualities for which J. Walter Juckett was
noted,” said Peter Aust, president and CEO
of the ARCC. “Through his commitment of
service to our region, he is most deserving
of this prestigious community award created
by our Chamber to honor an individual of his
caliber. Bob joins a long list of twenty-five previous
recipients who epitomized the legacy Mr.
Juckett left for us all.”
Joy was the founding director of the Lake
George Arts Project and the Glens Falls
Symphony Orchestra. He has also served as a
director of the SUNY Adirondack Foundation,
Feeder Canal Alliance, Glens Falls Industrial
Development Agency, and as vice chairman of
the Greater Glens Falls LDC.
He has also been a trustee for the Silver Bay
Association and Chapman Historical Association.
Additionally, he served as a director and
officer of the Adirondack Regional Chamber
of Commerce and served as chairman in 1993.
Joy was very involved with his alma mater,
Cornell University, where he served on the
Dean’s Advisory Council, College of Architecture,
Art & Planning; Dean Search Committee;
Cornell University Council; and the Committee
on Alumni Trustee Nominations.
The ARCC noted that J. Walter Juckett
had a remarkable business career and was recognized as a major community leader in
his adopted home, the village of Hudson Falls,
and the entire region. His leadership and commitment
transgressed a wide range of civic,
charitable, religious, political, business and
educational activities. He was recognized with
honors for his work and contributions to the
Boy Scouts of America,
New York Business Development Corporation,
Salvation Army, Norwich University,
Presbyterian Church, Hudson Falls Central
School and many other organizations. He was
a tireless worker for the arts, having served as a
director of the Lake George Opera, and a major
force in The Hyde Collection Capital Campaign.
Sidoti is an account executive with Prime-
Link Inc., managing business development
efforts for the company in Saratoga, Warren
and Washington counties.
Before that, he was an account executive
with Time Warner Cable Business Class. He
has more than 20 years of diversified business
to business sales experience to the telecommunications
company.
Photos Courtesy Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce and Primelink