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: As a coach and parent, my community is tied to the local school and rec center. Considering school district boundaries might help, but of course even within the school district, there are many divisions and conflicting communities of interest.

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: There are always ways to divide a community, in our small town it's often by how long you've lived here, and where you were born. That doesn't divide geographically. But most people, no matter how long they've lived here, value the open spaces and small country town feel. Finding ways to support the local farmers and ranchers to prevent families from having to 'sell out' for that last cash crop can help preserve the agricultural ecomomy.

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: Development pressures are straining the laws designed to protect wildlife habitat. Precious remaining wetlands are being filled without consequences, and abuse/overuse of nearby public lands is hard to manage.

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: With drought and climate change, the current rate and type of development must adapt. Not enough water for everyone to continue same wasteful habits.