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 people who have varying individual family, educational, and employment backgrounds. I am proud to say that at one time we had in our midst a rich mixture of lawyers, policemen, firemen, nurses, entrepreneurs, laborers, and politicians. I like my community! I must add that we have always been surrounded by many places of worship, and continue to have the same.

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: The cultural bonds include the Carver Heights Neighborhood Association and other civic groups, area churches, playgrounds, and parks. There was a time when the community boasted several small businesses owned by residents that included food markets. The focal point of the area is the historic Carver Village subdivision, which was built in the 1940s to create housing for WWII Veterans and their families. Many of the properties are now occupied by descendants of the original homeowners.

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: Presently the economic picture of the community has declined as many individuals have migrated to suburban areas, or have died. This has created an opportunity for investors to take over properties and create a substantial amount of Section 8 rentals. Added to that, some of the properties have been inherited by children who are not treating the area with the same love and pride that their parents did. All of the aforementioned have created some blight in the once thriving community. This blight also brings with it many unemployed individuals, and this also hinders the community's further growth.

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: I would like to see my community stay in tact and not have its historical value further diminished. There is a great need for leaders with shared policy concerns to address issues that will enhance rather than destroy, provide for better social services, and the creation of a more positive relationship to other nearby communities. In the Redistricting process I want to see district lines drawn fairly in a manner that is beneficial to the people who live in this community... my community.