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: Bars and Parks. Everything is located in downtown Lawrence mostly.

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: Most people have come to the United States from other places and settled in the area all hoping to achieve a better life for themselves and their children. Most people are Dominican or Puerto Rican as well as immigrants or children of immigrants so the need to feel connected to the motherland and those around you that also want that is what attracts people to one another.

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  - 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: So many different jobs are held by those around me, I’d say mainly laborers or people who work in physically demanding fields.

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  - 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: The community is highly populated and very dense. Lots of people share a very small space. Not enough greenery/nature around. Roads are also not as managed as they should be so they get full of potholes easily. I’d say making more effective use of the space we have here. For such a high population the space isn’t used properly. More affordable housing and resources for those in need should be more accessible to the community.