The Statesboro Bulloch Chamber of Commerce on Thursday saluted Darron Burnette, a leader in creating the Blue Mile plan for the revitalization of South Main Street, as 2017 Statesboro-Bulloch Business Leader of the Year. In April, the plan won Statesboro a $1 million third-place national prize in the America’s Best Communities competition, bringing the community’s total winnings from that contest to $1,165,000. Burnette is regional CEO of the banking company Synovus for Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida and was previously president and CEO of Sea Island Bank, now a Synovus location.