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: Araby is a semi-affluent community on the east edge of the City of Yuma AZ, on a low bluff overlooking the agricultural plain where the Colorado and Gilla Rivers meet. It's within a mile of a high school, junior high, and two elementary schools, Arizona Western College, and branches of the U of AZ and AZ State and Northern AZ U. Shopping areas are within 7 miles as is the MCAS.

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: Araby has been a unified community since 1994. English is the primary language although some families speak Spanish as well. Some families are immigrants from Mexico and a few from other countries in Latin American and also Europe. It's a mixed neighborhood with young families and older retired folks, many current or former military.

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.

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: Keeping the community in the same district would ensure that governmental services are distributed equitably within the community and strengthen the common interest in government.