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: Merrick-Moore Elementary School serves community. Started as a high school, one of 2 Black high schools in Durham, named for 2 business magnates in Durham. Community leaders lobbied to have the school built in the community and was the namesake. School offered adult education classes at night to community members who had not had access to high school in their youth. Mt. Zoar Baptist Church, 160 year old church that combines with the school to form the nucleus of the community.

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: Historically Black community in Durham, built in the 1940s by WWII veterans.

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: Community has not been invested in by the city despite property taxes going up (even above the county average). I feel personally that there should be a way for new development taxes to offset the taxes of people who have lived here forever. Community is buffered by trees but sits in a largely industrial area. If developers cut down trees that will impact air quality, health, etc. Lots of natural springs mean flooding issues that can cause mold, flooding, etc.

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: Number 1 issue is safety on Cheek Road, which runs through the community. No sidewalks, narrow shoulder. People have died walking along that road. Deaths are classified as the pedestrian's fault because there is no shoulder. Started documenting traffic accidents because they are prevalent and DOT is ignoring. Co