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 up of life long residents where there older population frequents the local shops and stores and where the young - middle aged residents travel outside for most of their shopping, recreation and healthcare services. The community members attend life long family churches they attended since childhood - there is little to no diversity in the local churches

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: My community is made up of majority of white residents on local farm land; we are the only Black family in the midst of our actual residing community. Other communities in the area are made up mostly of Black residents who mainly interact with each other and have no community or art centers that reflect their Black culture, history or beliefs. The town which is the county's seat holds a standing slave market in the center of its town square which the Black citizens find demeaning and degrading.

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: The majority of the working class must commute over 60 miles each day to work as there are no viable good paying jobs in the county. There is a building in the community that sits on abestos and must be inspected yearly by the EPA to detect movement or shifting of the building.

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: The jobs, shopping and healthcare facilities for the people in this community must all be kept in the same district.