The next Employee Focus in our continuing series spotlighting Town employees is Mark Martin. Mark is an operator at the Water Treatment Plant.
Employee: Mark Martin
When citizens see you around town, what are you most likely to be doing? I am reading meters or driving to or from the pump station.
Favorite part of your job? Working with other Town employees as a part of a team
Least favorite part of your job? Waking at 2 am to arrive by 4 am for the morning shift at the water plant
Favorite food? Pizza
Favorite movie? Phantom of the Opera
Favorite website? Tiny Desk Concerts (NPR)
Favorite sports team? Pittsburgh Penguins
What do you like to do when you’re not working? I love gardening, hiking, and singing.
If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be? Madagascar
If you could meet anyone from history, who would it be? Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Lutheran minister)
What is something nobody knows about you? My father’s cousin, Lock Martin, had giantism, was seven and a half feet tall, and starred in the 1950s movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.
If we could attract any business we wanted to Bridgewater, what would it be? A pizza place, locally owned, not part of a franchise, named The Greasy Spoon