[0:00] [Music] [0:06] hi my name is Matt cwell I'm a [0:07] recreation supervisor with the city of [0:09] Bloomington and I've been with the city [0:11] for almost 2 years now so I got started [0:13] in Parks and Recreation I was working [0:16] for a water park for a NOA County Parks [0:18] I was talking to my boss at the time and [0:20] I told him how much I really loved what [0:22] we did there in public Recreation he [0:24] told me how you can go to school for [0:26] that I got my bachelor's degree in [0:27] Recreation management and did some [0:29] part-time jobs around the Metro with [0:31] different cities and I ended up with the [0:33] city of Bloomington in a full-time [0:34] Recreation supervisor role so it's hard [0:37] to say a typical day for me cuz it [0:39] changes so much and that's one of the [0:41] reasons I love my job so today we're out [0:43] at walking Club later I'll head back to [0:45] the office do some planning for next [0:47] summer and for winter coming up but [0:48] every day is is a little bit different [0:50] in Parks and Recreation so what I enjoy [0:52] most about my job is helping people I [0:54] love the idea of being a public servant [0:57] and just being able to help people get [0:59] access to recre activities seeing the [1:01] smile I bring to people's faces and the [1:03] joy I bring to their life it makes me [1:04] feel so good and that's one of the [1:05] reasons I love my job so much so I [1:07] believe that Parks and Recreation is [1:08] extremely important for any Community [1:10] it's such an important thing for any [1:12] municipality to to offer to their [1:14] citizens and I'm so happy to be able to [1:16] be a part of that