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: Focal points for the neighborhood include Lowell Elementary School, Olbrich Park, Worthington Park, the bike paths, the Atwood Avenue and East Washington Avenue corridors, Woodman's supermarket and the Milwaukee Street Post Office. The Goodman Community Center and the Worthington Park Salvation Army provide a variety of community events and services.

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: While the neighborhood was traditionally white, working class, it has diversified in recent years to include greater populations of African-Americans, Latinx and Hmong populations. At the same time, blue-collar workers (of all ethnic backgrounds) are recently being replaced with gentrifying professionals of higher income.

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: My community was historically a blue-collar working class neighborhood. Over the years, the neighborhood has become gentrified, with segments of the population working well paying professional jobs in the public, health care, education and technology sectors. Other portions of the population are in low-wage, service, construction and industrial jobs.

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: We need representatives that can listen to all segments of our community's population, including people at all points along the economic spectrum and both majority and minority racial, ethnic and language groups.