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: They gather and socialize in parks, churches, community centers, etc. They go to the local health center, banks, grocery stores, bodegas, the community is heavily reliant on public transportation (the #23, 22 buses and the Red line and Fairmount line), etc

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: Music, food, religion, family values, community celebrations (e.g., Kite Festival, Carribean Festival, etc), shared experiences based on race and language, as a collective, as well as by specific subpopulations/groups.

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: 35% of residents were employed downtown in service-type jobs (pre-pandemic). Environmental concerns include lots of brownfield (toxic/polluted) sites in our community due to past uses of the properties/buildings/businesses that were sited on them. There is the Neponset River on the periphery of the community. It is one of the hottest communities in Boston, with the urban heat island effect prevalent due to the density of the buildings/community and the lack of pervious surfaces

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: Housing prices/gentrification and displacement, low educational attainment and need for living wage jobs and increased homeownership