The
Tourism Award went to Alabama Veterans Museum and
Archives volunteer archivist Jim Patteson.
Patteson, who has been a Veterans Museum volunteer
since 2001, has been involved in tourism promotion
for a dozen years. Patteson also has been a
volunteer for the Burritt Museum in Huntsville and
has given basket weaving demonstrations as well as
playing Santa for several organizations.
Chamber Tourism Director Jeannette Dunnavant said in
announcing Patteson’s award that he also travels to
Montgomery and Washington in search of funding for
the museum and attends many state and regional
tourism conferences and workshops to promote the
museum.
Photo By Kim Rynders / News Courier
photographer
Story by Karen Middleton / News Courier reporter
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