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 a proud mix of homeowners and renters. We have single family homes and apartment complexes. We have older folks and a newer contingent of families with children. We also have the new 9CO development which drawers younger, less attached folks and older, freer couples. We enjoy the fairly urban lifestyle that places like Colfax Ave and Colorado Blvd provide and being and able to walk and bike many places around the city while still having a little separation from the hustle and bustle. Shopping is available along those major corridors as well as a few neighborhood commercial areas on each end of the neighborhood. We like our local parks (like Lindsley) and city park.

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: My community is historically middle class. More white than other races but accepting of different backgrounds and financial backgrounds than our bookend neighbors to the north (park hill) and south (crestmoor, hilltop).

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: A major flood corridor goes through our neighborhood, so dealing with that through the ongoing P2P projects are important.

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: Hale needs more cultural identity. Places like 9Co and the revitalizing Colfax corridor help, but often we are looked over for neighborhoods that have a stronger cultural identity.