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 comprises: the roads and trails of Emigration Canyon, the city & county parks in Salt Lake area, the University of Utah (w/ its myriad peoples, needs, and services) as well as University of Utah Health/medical services, public schools, public libraries, and public transportation. Importantly, it also includes the Granite School District, as that is public school district provided to my children and others living in Emigration Canyon. My community activities and concerns have little to do with others in the huge rural areas of Congressional District no. 2. That district does not even include the public schools that my children & others in my area attend.

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: My extreme local community (Emigration Cyn) is predominantly white, middle-aged, and affluent. Diversity (in terms of age & ethnicity) is largely priced out of my area. That is unfortunate. I appreciate and support the relatively more diverse population of Salt Lake City proper. It is distressing to me that my US Congressional representation (House no. 2) includes large portions of the state with which I have little in common with.

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: Emigration Canyon is a suburban area bordering on (relative) wild lands. My concerns here are watershed protection, continued development that the infrastructure (water, roads, septic) cannot support, protection of open spaces and trails, and wildfire. There is no public transportation available. Air quality in the Salt Lake valley is deteriorating. My economic concerns include skyrocketing real estate costs, such that young people cannot invest in a home in Salt Lake City/County. My family shops, attends school, & participates in activities along the East Bench of the county, which is divided into 3 different USCongressional districts.

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: It is distressing to me that my Congressional district, no. 2, cuts Salt Lake County into parts. We are the major urban/suburban area in Utah, yet the valley is divvied up between THREE house districts. The needs of my community, including its schools (Granite School District), are not well represented in Congress. Emigration Canyon community is outside the boundary of SLCity, yet we rely on City roads, stores, health services, etc. My State Board of Ed district (#7) also does not include the schools my kids attended (#8), which has made it difficult for me to know who on the BofEd I should communicate with regarding my concerns.