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 neighborhood is nominally Baker, but is really the residential core of the statistical neighborhood; south of Alameda is not connected; Broadway is another focus for my community — residents on both sides have a common interest for the vitality and to some extent against the over-commercialization of Broadway

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: i think the progressive creative community, not wealthy but still sometimes gentrifiers, in south-central Denver has integrity; Baker has lost its Latino majority over the last 20 years, but there is still a sense of Latino history and some remembrance of the traditional Westside; Baker became an important LGBTQ enclave in the 80s and 90s; while that community integrates with society much better now, this heritage is still reflected among the residents and businesses in the area

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: our community is cut off from the Platte River by the highway, the railroad and by the historical expulsion of residents from the west side of Baker in favor of industrial uses; one of the primary economic issues is that rising property values and rents are displacing long-term residents

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: this is a part of the city where a lot of people know each other, and help each other out; crime often comes from people from other neighborhoods seeking "easy prey"; there is a significant unsheltered homeless population in the area, and they are not mostly the ones forming group campsites — they are often solitary, sleeping in alleys, river banks or in vehicles