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.

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: Carlisle is a historically significant town that was founded before the US became an independent nation. It played a role in the Revolutionary War and was where the Whiskey Rebellion was organized. Carlisle also has a problematic history with Native Americans, including the Carlisle Indian School that was estate gentrify young Native Americans (including Jim Thorpe).

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  - 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: Carlisle — and surrounding areas — have I-81 going through or next to it. This highway is used heavily by semi trucks, impacting the air quality in our area. Additionally, with 2 lanes going in each direction in our area, the trucks make it dangerous for passenger cars, particularly in inclement weather and whenever there is low visibility (including night driving). While these trucks are moving goods people need across the country, but we need to find a way to make this safer for all.

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: Carlisle is a divided community. There are a lot of very educated liberals here, in large part because of the three colleges located in town (Army War College, Dickinson College, and Penn State Dickinson Law School) and a lot of people without college degrees who are working hourly jobs (a lot at the various shipping warehouses in town, including an Amazon warehouse). Covid has made the divide stronger and harsher, particularly with the shutdowns impacting many of those hourly workers.