New Penticton Downtown Association executive director announced

PENTICTON – The Downtown Penticton Association has a new executive director.

The association has announced Lynn Allin as their replacement for outgoing executive director Kerri Milton.

Allin has been executive director of the Penticton Arts Council for the past three years. She and her husband have made Penticton their home for the past 24 years and are well established in the business community, according to a media release.

Allin says she is looking forward to creating more partnerships in addition to meeting business owners she has not yet connected with.

Downtown Penticton board president Leigh Follestad says the group looks forward to working with Allin.

“The board would also like to thank Kerri for her nearly four years of exceptional service in working to build a better downtown Penticton,” he said in the release.

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