Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where do people in your community gather or socialize?
  - How and where does your community access services (healthcare, transportation, educational services, etc.)?

Examples of activities and services: Shopping areas, schools and universities, libraries, parks, lakes, rivers, places of worship, healthcare services, public transport, local nonprofit organizations, etc.

Your response: My community is made of people who I have have mostly known all my life. It is a diversified rural community where people are happy to lend a helping hand to each other. Recently, we had an overwhelming response from people who helped with summer youth programs. This is a good place to live and we look forward to voting for leaders who share our core values. I would hate to see our community broken apart by the Redistricting process.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What are the cultural bonds in your community?
  - If your community has a shared history, what is it?

Examples of cultural or historical interests: Religious groups, ethnic groups, languages, age groups, immigration status, historic or arts districts, etc.

Your response: Both culturally and historically, I am working with the organization, Wreaths Across America that will provide Christmas wreaths for all 14 veteran's graves that are in our historic Charlestown United Methodist Church cemetery. I am also working with the VFW to get new flags installed at the same graves, in honor of our many former church members who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where are residents employed?
  - If there are environmental concerns in your community, what are they?

Examples of economic or environmental interests: Tourism industry, agricultural workers, mining town, manufacturing center, polluted natural resource, unemployment problem, etc.

Your response: Presently many wooded areas are being deforested. And after the trees are gone, the land is not being cultivated into something that is beneficial for the community. It is easy to see this as a threat to our environment.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What should politicians and/or map drawers know about your community?
  - What are the needs of your community?
  - Is there anything else you want to tell us about your community?

Examples of needs or concerns: Keep community in the same district or separate into multiple districts, shared policy concerns, need for a social service, relationship to other nearby communities, issues with current district lines

Your response: Our community needs to establish a greater focus on the elderly. While there are many elderly who have friends and family to assist them, there are many who do not. A senior center and a rural transportation service would do wonders towards addressing those needs.