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: Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Alice West Fleet Elementary School, Arlington Community High School, Columbia Pike Branch Library, Walter Reed Recreation Center, Butler Holmes Park, Penrose Park, Alcova Heights Park and Doctors Branch Park are all shared public spaces that our community comes to gather. We also all rely on the same public transportation stemming from Columbia Pike & Glebe.

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: Columbia pike is a diverse area home to many families with young children.

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: Columbia Pike street is a major center for local business that many in the area frequent such as Bob & Edith's diner, the Giant foods, and the Arlington Cinema Draft House.

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 should be kept in the same district because we share the same services and community resources. Currently, my neighbors across the street are in a different House District which makes it very difficult to advocate for our neighborhood.