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 lower-income families and individuals. We live in duplexes, not houses, within the Gardnerville Ranchos; although there are a few homes right in the middle of one side of my community. Many of us are single parents and/or retired seniors living on a fixed income. Others are young families with young children. The Gardnerville Ranchos are part of the whole of Gardnerville and have easy access to all the same services that they have.

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.

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: In my opinion, there are three needs for this community. 1) Better street lighting. The street lights are too far apart. 2) They need slower speed limits through here like they do in the older part of Minden. There are a lot of little children playing around here, learning to ride bikes, etc. 3) Additionally, for the whole of the Ranchos, there is no one good, clear bike path for teens to ride their bikes out of here, except on the way-south side of the Ranchos.