2023 Outstanding Parks Professional Award Winner Robert MacDonald, Wiscasset Parks & Recreation Department

Bob has been an employee of the Town of Wiscasset for the past 31 years, 25 of those serving as the Facilities & Operations Manager for the Parks & Recreation Department/Community Center. Bob’s title has changed over the years, which is only due to his personal and professional skill sets. He has always morphed into what the department has needed to provide the highest level of service to the Town.

Bob is not your typical parks worker; Bob is a Swiss army knife. If you need a Master of Ceremony for events, Bob is your person. If you need a DJ for the Teen Dance, he is on it. If there is an Emergency, Firefighter/EMT Bob is there. If you need a cook for Breakfast with Santa, he is there with his apron on, that is if he has not already volunteered to be Santa. These are just a few examples of what Bob brings to his department outside of the “job description”.

Inside the “job description” his creativity, innovation and willingness to be the first to try something new separates him from the pack. Over the years Bob has saved the Town of Wiscasset tens of thousands of dollars, if not more with his “let me take a crack at it first” mindset.