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: Snow College in Ephraim is a center of activity for the whole county. Public schools, especially high schools also host many activities. Traditionally, the LDS church has held the central place for all Sanpete towns, but now there is a growing Catholic presence as well as unaffiliated people.

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: Sanpete has a history of agriculture and small-scale industry. Celebrating agriculture and cowboy culture is very important to many even as fewer people actually work in ranching and farming. The oldest European settlers were mostly English and Danish and the Scandinavian roots are a constant theme. In recent decades, Latinx people have immigrated, starting with working age men and extending to families. The largest ELL group of schoolkids is Spanish speaking. I feel that there is a very clear divide between 'old settler' stock and Latinos. Also, a very recent immigrant trend is from American Samoa.

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: One of the largest employers is the Central UT prison. Other jobs are in education, agriculture, trucking and mining. The city governments are trying to increase tourism, but I don't think we have much conservation mindedness here. For example, grazing sheep and cattle is considered more important than protecting watersheds. Water demand is also never-ending problem. The cities try to promote households conserving water, but there's no real incentive.

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: Sanpete and Carbon Counties have been arguing over water from the Gooseberry Creek for about a century. I don't know if putting them in the same district would help solve that or just make it worse. Opioids and meth have hit Sanpete hard, like other rural areas. I find it interesting that we also have quite a large "troubled teen" industry. It seems ironic (Is your kid on drugs? Send them to a place with lots of drugs!) I find rural living necessary for my mental health, but apparently it's hard on a lot of people.