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 seniors have two community centers..both now closed to Covid 19. We have a very nice park Beaudette park AKA Mill Dam. The other parks are smaller or have to come up to par in repair. We have several community service agencies here. Our County helps us now, more than in the past. We need more tutoring centers and activities for the children and teens. Needs major Grocery stores, we used to have them but they moved when General Motors departed. Schools need help in academic area.

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: Mostly friendly people and families. We need more events in the summer, we once had Arts, Beats and Eats. Our library children department is good, but needs upgrading for the teens and adults. Many churches reached out before Covid 19. Pontiac has poor , working class , and middle class people trying to survive day to day. We just want a good city without crime and drugs, and trouble. (Limit the problems ) We have all races here.

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: No, shared economy here. We, in Pontiac, MI..need large corporations to come in. We once had a good economy with General Motors, but they scaled down to Engineering only and that skill does not match the majority who live here. Pontiac, MI is a city by itself. Our water is now with the county since Emergency Management. They are trying to fix the quality of taste and a bad sewer smell near MLK Blvd. Sometimes contractors , landlords or plain people dump trash and furniture.

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: Put Martin Luther King between Perry and Featherstone back into District 6. It was too confusing for the people who live there when they placed it in District 7 Put Court St in Precinct 16, it used to be Precinct 24. Stop the confusion. I do not want Marijuana grower, and processor near my home. I think the Glenwood plaza should be a Grocery store and restaurants, minor repair places. Keep my area the way it is it nice.