Chris Patterson is right where he’s meant to be: gas, water and wastewater manager for the city of Jacksonville, Alabama.
His job is to ensure only the best service for his quiet community of 12,500, about an hour and a half east of Birmingham and home to Jacksonville State University. A 42-year-old father of three, Patterson has brought a “servant’s heart” to the job for the last 21 years, learning the business, expanding his skills and mentoring others.
His story is truly inspirational. He graduated from Jacksonville High School not knowing what he wanted to do, got hired as a summer
