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 the people living in the 55071 ZIP Code. This is the city of St. Paul Park (population 5,362) and the township of Gray Cloud Island (population 307). Our children all go to Pullman Elementary, Oltman Middle, and Park High School.

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 over 80 percent white and is predominantly low income. People generally do not move into my community as much as they just never leave generation after generation.

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 is located between the Mississippi River and Highway 61. The main industry here is the St. Paul Park oil refinery. The oil refinery is located along the banks of the the Mississippi River as the River enters our community. My community is also five miles Downstream from St Paul and my community has to deal with the River pollutants discharged from both the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

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 city of St Paul Park and it’s zip code is currently divided into two separate US congressional districts. It is my hope that they will be able to unify my community into the same US congressional district.