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 includes the urban neighborhoods of Salt Lake City, and the fact that we have a shared interest in making the "bones" of a city work well for everyone who lives and visits there. This includes a reduction in the emphasis on roadbuilding and catering to the automobile at the expense of pedestrians, bikes and "living your life" in the city without constantly dealing with traffic, parking and the excessive expense that cars represent. Of course we will still own cars (2), but use them in away that is compatible with a lifestyle . The implication of this non-automotive function is that I support protections and growth boundaries on suburbia before we pave everything under.

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.

Your response: The 2 largest challenges that Utah faces are outgrowths of excessive population growth. These challenges are access to adequate water, and clean air. It's unlikely we will ever limit population growth, but we CAN limit where it goes and how it develops. We should not be subsidizing suburban development that creates significant tax liabilities (via infrastructure) for future generations, but instead should be focused on denser development of existing communities, with the addition of public transit. Water access will come from the elimination of uneconomic farming practices, but the farming communities MUST be supported as they transfer away from their current outdated economic models.

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: Communities should be able to be heard by their Representatives without being drowned out by a State-level majority that oppresses all opposition. For example, air quality is a significant concern on the Wasatch Front, and requires regulation of automotive emissions. Yet, this is a non-issue for 20 or so of the 29 Counties in Utah. Districts need to be drawn so that concerns that affect a certain area of the state that share problems, geography or economic interests are grouped. No more 4-district pizza-pie where all 4 congressional districts have a slice of Salt Lake City. Better to have a donut where the rural areas have a shared focus on rural concerns, and the urban area is separate.