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: Activities in this community are primarily outdoor recreation. Mountain biking, hiking, river rafting, four wheeling. All health care services are located near hospital complex which is more or less centrally located. Health insurance is typically not easily available to most community members.

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.

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: Tourism is the main industry, and therefore most jobs are low wage and low benefits, seasonal employment is the norm. The natural environment and wilderness qualities of national parks and public land is the main tourism attraction. However, state and federal agencies responsible for protecting those qualities are grossly under-resourced and cannot adequately protect from over use and abuse.

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: The community needs to close gap between wages, cost of living, and quality of life issues for the people who LIVE here as opposed to steering resources to tourism needs.