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 the residents of Midway Estates, Colonial Estates, and Aspen Meadows. Our homes are on the east side of Delaware 1 north of Munchy Branch Rd and South of Melson Rd. These are established neighborhoods of single family residences put in place in the 1970's to serve both retirees and workers in a resort economy of Lewes/Rehoboth Beach.

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: Very mixed cultural groups - many who retired to Delaware from Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Wilmington/Newark

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 is bounded on the east by the Marshlands and Wetlands that form the Atlantic Coastal Plain. We are directly west of conservation lands in Cape Henlopen State Park

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: We are a community united more by geography than anything else. Original residents of these homes have been aging out since 2005. The people in my immediate neighborhood range in age from 55 - 85