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Colonial Heights
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When drawing a map with Representable, you are asked a series of questions in different categories. We've repeated the questions below.
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: Cafes, bookstores, urban garden, brewery, restaurants, bodegas, events Driving, south Lawrence east elementary/middle school, Lawrence high, bus, commuter rail, biking, Lawrence family health center, pentucket medical, afc urgent car, 100 amesbury st doctors way, northeast physical therapy, Perrault chiropractor, Essex street/downtown Lawrence
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: Vietnamese refugee population, 1st gen/2nd immigrant population, English language learners, queer folks. Laborers, nail techs, domestic labour, cleaners, factory line workers, service industry, test technicians, teachers and educators, small business owners, artists, writers, activists, musicians, students, entrepreneurs, working class
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.
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: Pollution, overheating, composting, access to green spaces, over populated homes, poverty, green washing, gentrification, housing crisis and lack of low income housing, gas explosions and lack of care for upkeep of utilities in poor communities, lack of efficient public transport options, bike lanes, more localized farming initiatives, reparations. Low income housing, less policing, more quality education, getting rid of the non profit industrial complex (esp. teach for America) and having more Lawrence locals leading these organizations.
Cafes, bookstores, urban garden, brewery, restaurants, bodegas, events Driving, south Lawrence east elementary/middle school, Lawrence high, bus, commuter rail, biking, Lawrence family health center, pentucket medical, afc urgent car, 100 amesbury st doctors way, northeast physical therapy, Perrault chiropractor, Essex street/downtown Lawrence
Vietnamese refugee population, 1st gen/2nd immigrant population, English language learners, queer folks. Laborers, nail techs, domestic labour, cleaners, factory line workers, service industry, test technicians, teachers and educators, small business owners, artists, writers, activists, musicians, students, entrepreneurs, working class
Pollution, overheating, composting, access to green spaces, over populated homes, poverty, green washing, gentrification, housing crisis and lack of low income housing, gas explosions and lack of care for upkeep of utilities in poor communities, lack of efficient public transport options, bike lanes, more localized farming initiatives, reparations. Low income housing, less policing, more quality education, getting rid of the non profit industrial complex (esp. teach for America) and having more Lawrence locals leading these organizations.
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Your state accepts communities of interest as public input. Download your map and then visit this site.
To submit your community as public testimony, you can download it as a pdf or share a link. To draw voting districts, you can upload the geoJSON file to mapping softwares such as District Builder, or Dave’s Redistricting App.
Community Activities and Services
Cafes, bookstores, urban garden, brewery, restaurants, bodegas, events Driving, south Lawrence east elementary/middle school, Lawrence high, bus, commuter rail, biking, Lawrence family health center, pentucket medical, afc urgent car, 100 amesbury st doctors way, northeast physical therapy, Perrault chiropractor, Essex street/downtown Lawrence
Cultural or Historical Interests
Vietnamese refugee population, 1st gen/2nd immigrant population, English language learners, queer folks. Laborers, nail techs, domestic labour, cleaners, factory line workers, service industry, test technicians, teachers and educators, small business owners, artists, writers, activists, musicians, students, entrepreneurs, working class
Community Needs and Concerns
Pollution, overheating, composting, access to green spaces, over populated homes, poverty, green washing, gentrification, housing crisis and lack of low income housing, gas explosions and lack of care for upkeep of utilities in poor communities, lack of efficient public transport options, bike lanes, more localized farming initiatives, reparations. Low income housing, less policing, more quality education, getting rid of the non profit industrial complex (esp. teach for America) and having more Lawrence locals leading these organizations.
