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: Chatham Borough shares many critical municipal services with surrounding Morris County municipalities. The Borough has established a Join Municipal Court with Madison, Chatham Township, and Morris Township. It operates a joint sewerage system and treatment facility with Madison, which also provides Chatham Borough with building department and IT services. Chatham Borough shares a sports and recreation program with Chatham Township and is also part of a regional school district with the Township. The Chatham Emergency Squad serves the Borough and Township jointly, as does the Library of the Chathams.

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  - 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: Chatham Borough’s civic and cultural ties with Chatham Township are so intertwined that Township residents commonly refer to the Borough’s commercial district along Main Street as their downtown. Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, and Madison were all part of the original Chatham Township and so are historically connected. The extensive cultural and commercial ties among these three towns continue to this day.

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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: Chatham Borough's commercial district along Main St. is regarded by Township residents as its own downtown. Both towns have the Passaic River forming their eastern boundaries; as such, they share common environmental challenges and concerns.

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  - 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: Chatham Borough and Chatham Township share a school district (the "School District of the Chathams"), a library, and sports & recreation program. As such children and families from the two towns are closely connected. Moreover, nearly two-thirds of each town's tax revenue go to these shared services. So the fiscal needs of the two towns are very much intertwined.