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: The City of Lynchburg should be kept whole as a single community of interest because it has a single public school system, a single local government (the city of Lynchburg), and one police and public safety department.

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: The City of Lynchburg should be kept whole as a single community of interest because it is our hub for downtown historical and cultural venues, such as the Academy Center of the Arts, the Lynchburg Museum System, and many historical sites that allow Lynchburg residents to benefit from this shared history. We live here in the City because we care about these venues and want to be close to these venues and we want to advocate for these venues along with our fellow residents.

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: Lynchburg is a single community of interest because it has one Economic Development Authority that prioritizes and plans for growth and development. Lynchburg is a small urban, relatively densely populated City that is growing. As such, our infrastructure, transportation, and planning needs and challenges are unique to us, and different from those of our surrounding, more rural counties. As a small urban city, we also have environmental and planning challenges that are unique to us. For example, loss of green spaces may not be an issue in our surrounding counties which are more rural, but it is a real issue in Lynchburg. So is the availability of good public transportation.

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: Lynchburg as a small urban city has a poverty rate that is significantly higher than our surrounding rural counties, and requires the commensurate additional services (housing, medical, transportation, schools) to serve this segment of higher needs population.