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Jamaica Plain
Massachusetts Communities of Interest
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When drawing a map with Representable, you are asked a series of questions in different categories. We've repeated the questions below.
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: JP Library Branch, curtis hall, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Pond, SW Corridor, Forest Hills Cemetery, Spontaneous Celebrations, Franklin Park, Lorring Greenough, JP Health Center, Curley School, JFK School, Mission Hill School, Papercuts bookshop, Brookside Health Center, Video Underground, Buses 39 and 41, 34, and 35, 21, Orange Line (Stonybrook, Green St, Forest Hill), Commuter Rail (Needham line), Brewery, Bikes not Bomb, Midway
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: Wake up the Earth Festival, Lantern Festival at Jamaica Pond, Porchfest, Lilac Sunday at the Arboretum, LGBTQ+ bloc party / festival (Hyde Square), Thursdays on the Lawn at the Greenough, JP Flea, outdoor concerts and movies, fixit clinic, Queereoke at the Midway
Fight to prevent 95 --> WUTE, BNJP to EFJP
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: Employment: higher ed and K-12 ed teaching, baristas, food service and retail, nannies, grocery stores, retired.
Environmental interests: lead pipes, drinking water (lead issue) in schools and homes, affordable food access, gas leaks, sea level rise, love of green space.
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: Affordable housing, gentrification, commercial rents, local businesses pushed out by franchise, police violence, gun violence, parking, broken T, gas leaks, excessive towing.
JP Library Branch, curtis hall, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Pond, SW Corridor, Forest Hills Cemetery, Spontaneous Celebrations, Franklin Park, Lorring Greenough, JP Health Center, Curley School, JFK School, Mission Hill School, Papercuts bookshop, Brookside Health Center, Video Underground, Buses 39 and 41, 34, and 35, 21, Orange Line (Stonybrook, Green St, Forest Hill), Commuter Rail (Needham line), Brewery, Bikes not Bomb, Midway
Wake up the Earth Festival, Lantern Festival at Jamaica Pond, Porchfest, Lilac Sunday at the Arboretum, LGBTQ+ bloc party / festival (Hyde Square), Thursdays on the Lawn at the Greenough, JP Flea, outdoor concerts and movies, fixit clinic, Queereoke at the Midway
Fight to prevent 95 --> WUTE, BNJP to EFJP
Employment: higher ed and K-12 ed teaching, baristas, food service and retail, nannies, grocery stores, retired.
Environmental interests: lead pipes, drinking water (lead issue) in schools and homes, affordable food access, gas leaks, sea level rise, love of green space.
Affordable housing, gentrification, commercial rents, local businesses pushed out by franchise, police violence, gun violence, parking, broken T, gas leaks, excessive towing.
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Economic or Environmental Interests
Employment: higher ed and K-12 ed teaching, baristas, food service and retail, nannies, grocery stores, retired.
Environmental interests: lead pipes, drinking water (lead issue) in schools and homes, affordable food access, gas leaks, sea level rise, love of green space.
Community Activities and Services
JP Library Branch, curtis hall, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Pond, SW Corridor, Forest Hills Cemetery, Spontaneous Celebrations, Franklin Park, Lorring Greenough, JP Health Center, Curley School, JFK School, Mission Hill School, Papercuts bookshop, Brookside Health Center, Video Underground, Buses 39 and 41, 34, and 35, 21, Orange Line (Stonybrook, Green St, Forest Hill), Commuter Rail (Needham line), Brewery, Bikes not Bomb, Midway
Cultural or Historical Interests
Wake up the Earth Festival, Lantern Festival at Jamaica Pond, Porchfest, Lilac Sunday at the Arboretum, LGBTQ+ bloc party / festival (Hyde Square), Thursdays on the Lawn at the Greenough, JP Flea, outdoor concerts and movies, fixit clinic, Queereoke at the Midway
Fight to prevent 95 --> WUTE, BNJP to EFJP
Community Needs and Concerns
Affordable housing, gentrification, commercial rents, local businesses pushed out by franchise, police violence, gun violence, parking, broken T, gas leaks, excessive towing.
