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 majority of people who are retirees. However, there is a sprinkling of young working adults. It is also a mixture of homeowners and renters. This neighborhood was designed to accommodate Black WWII veterans and their families. It is recognized as one of the first Black occupied sub-divisions with single-standing houses in this country. It received accreditation as a historical property in 2016. Now with the current building of the nearby Enmark Center Sports Arena, my community faces regentrification and the face of the neighborhood is changing. It is my hope that Redistricting will be fair, giving us the power to elect leaders who will look out for us.

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: Black culture is alive and well in this City and is steadily growing. It is greatly exhibited in our historic churches and colleges, one of which is SSU.

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: Residents in my community are gainfully employed as teachers, policemen, healthcare workers, lawyers, and with many of them having retired from those professions.

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: My community has for years and presently remains in need of a shopping center with a grocery store, dry cleaners, and other businesses. It also needs desperately better infrastructure.