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: Old Bethabara has some cultural and historic activities each year, and that draws people from across the city. The other activities are probably centered around university and professional sports events. There is not a well-developed public transit system in the city, although I do see a couple of routes that run through this district. There are a LOT of grocery stores and oil-change places, restaurants (fast food and low to mid-range expense) that include ethnic cuisine - Thai, Indian, Mexican.

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: We are part of the Old Town and Bethabara historical areas, which are the earliest settlements in the city. There's a very nice preservation area (Old Bethabara) in the district, although it could be improved with more green space. I believe the Latinx members of the community enjoy certain cultural bonds, and the university students congregate around the shared experience of being college students. Otherwise, I believe a lot of bonds are shared by common religious experience.

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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: We have a number of people employed by either Baptist Medical Center, Novant Medical Center, or smaller businesses (retail or utility concerns). There has been a great deal of development in the past few years, and that has resulted in removal of large numbers of old-growth trees and more paving. In turn, there has been a great need for containment of rainwater runoff, and that has pushed drainage expansion onto the Bethabara Nature Trail in my area. We have also lost power farily often often during severe thunderstorms.

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: We are somewhat of a cultural hybrid - young upper/upper-middle class university students who are from all over the world; university staff who may be older but also may international; older and lower/working class class locals, including latinx members. I would like to see representation that focuses on the more permanent residents of the district, possibly splitting this district so that working class members align with similar communities closer to Shattalon Drive, or farther down Reynolda Road and the Old Town Community.