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: Fitchburg State University. YMCA. Senior center. Fitchburg Art Museum. The police department and fire department are in this neighborhood. Fitchburg's principle commercial corridor. City Hall.

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: Diverse, has 30 to 40% minority population, with a majority of them being Latinx. Has an aging population of homeowners, people who were in the neighborhood before it began this process of disinvestment. There are newer, younger families coming in and purchasing homes.

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: Concentration of low-income people and poverty, Fitchburg's highest concentration of people who haven't completed a high school diploma. This area was significantly impacted by the last recession. For a significant period of time, there were a lot of vacant homes. Lower housing prices. Aging housing stock. Municipal disinvestment; five to ten years ago Fitchburg could not afford to keep the lights running in this neighborhood. Times when Department of Public Works has started to repair sidewalks but never finished. This area is in transition right now, there are investors going in and taking advantage of low housing prices and trying to flip houses.

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: Large revitalization projects will impact this area for the next few years. Current investments in the area include a new City Hall, affordable artist housing, the University is investing in the community.