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: Limited Community activities most socialization held at Churches, schools when open, 2 senior centers, one youth recreation center. The city has NO county-sponsored recreation sites in City. Social Services are available but limited. Most professional staff members do not live in City and have limited involvement in community-sponsored activities.

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: Schools and Churchs support a sense of community.

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: My community has a very limited shared economy. Most of our residents earn minimal wages and work outside the city limits. A high percentage of community members rely on SSI and SSD incomes. Pontiac as the County seat has few facilities with the boundaries of the City and the majority of those workers are not equal contributors to the tax base and are not residents. Environmental concerns; lack of upkeep of waterways, parks, blight, high air pollution, and abandoned commercial property.

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: A large segment of the Community is concern about the lack of political representation and representation. The current political boundaries are gerrymandered to limit political involvement and representation based on race and economics.