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: There's a bus line that serves North Central Mass, but it is very sporadic. Fitchburg Art Museum, attractive destination for folks, could be cultural nucleus for the city.

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: Efforts underway to support local artists through economic development work. Latinx population, some Haitian-Creole population, growing Hmong population. English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Hmong are top languages.

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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: Higher concentrations of extremely low-income individuals in the area surrounding downtown Fitchburg. There is an effort underway right now to do economic development there. North of Main is the project focused on revitalization of the area through arts, culture, and other mechanisms; involves the university. The largest employers in the region are the hospitals, largest is UMass Memorial. Other large employers are Fitchburg State University, ARC, and manufacturing industry, especially plastics (but manufacturing is dying off). Tourism in surrounding areas and in Leominster, especially from apple picking.

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: Downtown Fitchburg had the lowest levels of participation, higher levels of COVID-19 infection. Transportation is sparse. Access to employment opportunities that yield family sustaining wages, specifically for undereducated residents. Lack of affordable childcare options. Housing costs and instability.