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Eureka Springs Community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Dec. 28, 2021
Population: 1731
transportation LGBT+ housing elderly affordable
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is made up of artists and writers and creative thinkers. We are affected by the lack of affordable housing for year-round residents.
Community Activities and Services
My community is the people of Eureka Springs- we gather at the Carnegie Public library for educational programs and to check out books and DVDs, we stay healthy by attending fitness classes at the Eureka Springs Community Center, and we hike the trails in town and in the parks- Black Bass Lake and Lake Leatherwood. Swim in the Kings River and Beaver Dam in the summer.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Tourism is my community’s biggest industry, but it is seasonal so there is seasonal unemployment. Many of the house are owned by people who only visit for a few weeks a year and otherwise rent out these homes as vacation rentals to tourists. There are many hotels here, so this many vacation rentals are not necessary, especially when the people who work at the restaurants have to live out of their cats because they can’t find an affordable apartment.
Community Needs and Concerns
Our town has very different needs and has a different economy than the other surrounding communities in Carroll County. We don’t have adequate public transportation, or even safe sidewalks. We have high taxes that serve to fund advertising the town to tourist, but very little public services funded by those taxes. So many of the local services (no-kill pet shelter, affordable medication, women’s shelter) are run entirely by non profits that are funded by donations and grants. The closest metro area is a minimum of an hours drive away. There are no facilities for a woman to get prenatal care or even deliver a baby in Carroll County- that means women often go without that sort of care.
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Traditional urban Little Rock

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Nov. 28, 2021
Population: 10620
housing voting rights diversity education environment
Community Needs and Concerns
My community is mid-town and Leawood in Little Rock, AR. These are established neighborhoods with a long-time interest in maintaining livable neighborhoods.
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Malvern & Grand Avenue Community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Nov. 6, 2021
Population: 1287
transportation housing healthcare diversity gun control
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is made up of many historical buildings, districts, and churches that should be better respected, maintained, and supported by local government.
Community Activities and Services
My community is made up of schools, library, parks, childcare centers, barbershops, laundry mat, numerous churches, organizations, and hair salons.
Economic or Environmental Interests
My city needs to be more accountable to filter tourism revenue to support surrounding communities, respect the history and developments of existing communities instead of breaking them apart for the city’s majority population and interests, maintain an inclusive history and historical structures for all ethic groups that fosters unity and adds to the tourism, and create more resources to support the homeless population.
Community Needs and Concerns
My community is beside the highly invested downtown district and lacks shared value concerns for surrounding & impacted African-American communities. My community is in need of greater social services resources, needs a transit system, needs more resources to deter violence, and greater support from law enforcement.
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South and West Fort Smith

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Nov. 1, 2021
Population: 1114
transportation housing healthcare elderly affordable
Community Activities and Services
Our community has a large number of underserved people but lacks the resources to assist them. We need to strengthen opportunities in the community for people to thrive.
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Fort Smith

Oct. 26, 2021
Population: 972
renewable resources diversity gun control education environment
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is mostly white
Community Activities and Services
My community is made up of people who live in my town
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community has many retirees
Community Needs and Concerns
My community doesn't agree with the current legislators
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Advocates for Social Justice and Civil Rights

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 22, 2021
Population: 1866
healthcare diversity education environment affordable
Community Activities and Services
My community is made up of people with diverse backgrounds who care about the well-being of marginalized groups. We are an arts organization working to bring social issues to the forefront in an area where they are not necessarily welcome. My community of family and friends also depends on government assistance/retirement/disability from the government as well as nonprofit organizations that provide meals and safe extracurricular activities for people with disabilities.
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I-40 West

Oct. 21, 2021
Population: 327947
Economic or Environmental Interests
Connected by Interstate commerce
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Central Arkansas Concerned Citizens

Oct. 18, 2021
Population: 46828
renewable resources voting rights diversity education environment
Community Activities and Services
My community is the members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Little Rock AND the members of the American Association of University Women AND the League of Women Voters/
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College Station

Oct. 18, 2021
Population: 817
renewable resources housing healthcare education suburban
Cultural or Historical Interests
College Station is made up of 92.1% Black community members and 9.3% White community members. My community is predominantly Black.
Community Activities and Services
College Station, AR., is within the Pulaski County Special School District.[7] It is zoned to College Station Elementary School (which serves students in kindergarten through grade five), Fuller Middle School, and Wilbur D. Mills University Studies High School. The College Station Clinic is a Homeless Health Center located on 4206 Frazier Pike.
Economic or Environmental Interests
College Station, AR., is in an urban area with a high unemployment rate and grossly under-resourced.
Community Needs and Concerns
College Station has now been moved to the 2nd congressional district when it was in the 1st and will be "drowned out" by the recent and once again, gerrymandered mapping. The community is in need of more afterschool resources and better housing practices and job opportunities.
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Pulaski County

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 17, 2021
Population: 350780
housing voting rights diversity education
Community Activities and Services
My community is all of Pulaski County. Even though we are diverse, we deserve to all be in the same congressional district because so many federal programs effect the people in our county.
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University of Central Arkansas

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 17, 2021
Population: 50035
LGBT+ renewable resources voting rights diversity education
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is largely LGBTQ, whose struggles are too many to list here.
Community Activities and Services
My community is mostly comprised of my classmates at the University of Central Arkansas and the Young Democrats chapter at UCA
Economic or Environmental Interests
As Arkansans, we are all deeply rooted in nature and enjoy and benefit from it. We are mostly students so we do not have the same employment issues
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Pcsdd/NLR/lr public schools

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 17, 2021
Population: 76009
internet food education low income childcare
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is diverse - white, black, and Latino. The age groups range from teens, young adults, middle age and senior citizens.
Community Activities and Services
My community is made up of staff and volunteers who work to improve education in the 3 school districts of Pulaski County.
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community understands that a strong, successful public education system is vital for economic success in the city, county, and state.
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Marche community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 17, 2021
Population: 6668
transportation housing healthcare crime education
Community Needs and Concerns
My community is an old rural community with a fair amount of diversity but little that unites it. There is one church out here that has put together a neighborhood food pantry and low cost store. But there is a fair amount of distrust between blacks and whites and Hispanics here.
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Hillcrest and Heights Neighborhood Districts

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 17, 2021
Population: 12558
housing voting rights diversity art disability services
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is made up of primarily white and some moderately wealthy upper middle class families and single professionals. Others are students or residents at UAMS. Many new residents (here under 10 years.) It is an historically homogeneously white area; but historically had a large African-American Community within it (Pulaski Heights), red-lined in the 1950s. So there are people all over Little Rock who have ancestral ties back to the "heights" of Pulaski County. I want all of us, cultures, and history represented.
Community Activities and Services
My community is "hillcrest neighborhood district," which includes 48% of householders who rent their home and who tend to be under-represented.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Arkansas is the only state whose landlord-tenant law does not included an implied warranty of habitability. Renting in Arkansas is health harming. Historic preservation favors white southern aristocracy over others, inflates housing prices, and caters to a particular tourist market. Arts and Culture tend to do the same. We need to change our views of what art, culture, history in LR and Arkansas are.
Community Needs and Concerns
We have pockets of constituencies already under-represented within neighborhood districts; voice diluted when it comes to city government. The current redistricting that splits Pulaski County into several districts exacerbates the already negative impact.
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Arkansas Valley

Oct. 17, 2021
Population: 140727
Community Activities and Services
Connected by I-40 and Ozarks
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Brazil Ave

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 17, 2021
Population: 156
LGBT+ healthcare mental health gun control education
Community Activities and Services
My community has many elderly, low income, disabled individuals.
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Heights for a Whole Pulaski

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 17, 2021
Population: 2038
voting rights diversity education art
Cultural or Historical Interests
I grew up in the Quapaw Quarter and my parents serve on the QQA board and the Friends of Dreamland Ballroom board. They have offered assistance on getting signatures from these groups. I currently live in the Heights where we are members of the Heights Neighborhood Association.
Community Activities and Services
I am involved in the following: • Arkansas Arts Council- appointed council member • Junior League of Little Rock- sustainer member • Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts- Contemporaries Board Member • National Museum of Women in the Arts, Arkansas Chapter- honorary board member (Ex-officio) • Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, member
Community Needs and Concerns
Among many other reasons, being one of two representatives for Pulaski County and 6 other counties on the Arkansas Arts Council, I am vehemently opposed to the division of Pulaski County into 3 different congressional districts.
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Woodson

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 17, 2021
Population: 2140
transportation healthcare diversity elderly environment
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is 84% black, rural, lack economic support and apparently forgotten neighborhood.
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Hot Springs Village Voters

Oct. 16, 2021
Population: 15809
transportation healthcare elderly environment
Community Activities and Services
I live in a very large gated community located in two counties. We're in a rural area 30 minutes from the nearest urban centers. We have many different churches, health care is readily available, but shopping isn't. We are mostly white, retired, and financially secure. Our situation here is unique in that we are split between two counties and really have no ties to urban areas.
Community Needs and Concerns
This community is conservative, perhaps if our voting districts followed the county lines that split the community one of the counties might gain a few progressive voters.
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Conway

Oct. 16, 2021
Population: 9572
infrastructure internet housing education small businesses
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community has a community of historic value pertaining to African Americans called "Pine Street."
Community Activities and Services
People in my community shop in the shopping area that includes Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, Staples, and other stores. The Faulkner County Library is place many people visit especially those of the low socioeconomic status.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Some employers are Acxiom, Conway Regional Hospital, CHI Baptist Hospital, the University of Central Arkansas, Conway Public Schools, and Virco.
Community Needs and Concerns
Safe places to walk along roads. Food insecurity is prevalent.
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Newtown

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 14, 2021
Population: 3007
renewable resources housing voting rights education
Community Activities and Services
I don't feel that there are a lot of places where people can go for help. No shoe stores in our area.
Community Needs and Concerns
We need to be able to vote for people that will have the best interest of our community at heart.
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Helping Others

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 13, 2021
Population: 1994
LGBT+ housing mental health elderly environment
Economic or Environmental Interests
Our community is upcoming busy area and we experience elderly needing help and resources to keep them safe and mentally stable. They walk to stores carrying bags with no help what exactly is our youth doing to help people
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Community Growth

Oct. 12, 2021
Population: 10538
housing healthcare voting rights mental health education
Community Needs and Concerns
Keeping the community in the same district.
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Jacksonville Housing Community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 11, 2021
Population: 24999
transportation housing affordable
Community Needs and Concerns
My community has affordable housing issues yet high property taxes. Income is flat versus surrounding communities.
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Pulaski County

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 10, 2021
Population: 399125
transportation LGBT+ healthcare voting rights diversity
Community Needs and Concerns
My top communities are Jacksonville and Pulaski County. Both of them were split in the congressional redistricting maps now on the Governor’s desk, purely for political gain. We need to have a voice as an urban community, especially for our county's minority population which the county split was focused on.
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Lake Catherine Residents

Oct. 9, 2021
Population: 6745
renewable resources environment
Community Needs and Concerns
My neighborhood community is located near Carpenter Dam. We would like more protection for our local waterways as the increase in regional tourism has increased pollution and refuse on Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine.
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Garland County Community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 9, 2021
Population: 10115
voting rights diversity environment
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community is racially diverse but somewhat separated via neighborhoods. In the black community, there is less access to food sources since there is no grocery store in the area. There are also few healthcare sources in that area. We are also surrounded by state and national forests with a number of lakes formed by the Ouachita River. I'm concerned about the environmental impact of the industries in our area.
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Black Hot Springs

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 9, 2021
Population: 8617
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is predominately African American, mostly Christian although other ethnicities and faiths are represented. The Pleasant Street Historic District is the largest historically African-American district in Arkansas and has many locations that were included in the Green Books that were used by African American motorists during the 20th Century.
Community Activities and Services
I work with a consortium of community organizations --NAACP, Agape Multicultural Ecumenical Network, People Helping Others Excel By Example, Gateway Community Assn, Webb Community Center, etc. -- to help meet the needs of the African American community in Garland County, Arkansas.
Economic or Environmental Interests
I would like to see employment opportunities where there is an opportunity for advancement as well as quality housing for African Americans and the poor. Also, in Districts 1 and 2, there is a lack of grocery stores where people can find affordable healthy foods and fresh produce.
Community Needs and Concerns
There are concerns when it comes to safety and the threat of gun violence. I would like to see crime prevention through restorative justice: drug treatment, deterrence programs, etc .
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Westwood subdivision

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 7, 2021
Population: 1853
housing healthcare voting rights education affordable
Community Needs and Concerns
needs of our community are to be represented equally
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Arkansas Capital Region/Little Rock Metropolitan Region

Oct. 6, 2021
Population: 450475
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community is the greater Little Rock metropolitan region, including Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville, Maumelle, Sherwood, and Wrightsville. The Little Rock region is the medical, commercial, and financial center of the state. It's a largely urban region, with busy rush hours, public transportation that crosses the region, commuters that drive from one area to the other. Pulaski County is a distinct Capital city, Community of Interest, and it's in the best economic development interests of the state for its citizens, workers, commuters, students -- most of whom utilize services from across the region -- for them to be represented together.
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Wright Avenue Neighborhood Association

Oct. 4, 2021
Population: 2434
Community Needs and Concerns
My community of interest are residents who live in the Wright Avenue Neighborhood Association. We are older residents who own their own homes and, in some cases, adjacent properties but who are surrounded by derelict, abandoned buildings and empty lots. We are typically excluded from economic development projects and are neglected when it comes to things like road maintenance, park and recreational amenities and retail outlets. We also suffer disproportionately from criminal activity. For example, more than 20 arson incidents damaging homes and property have occurred in the past year.
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Hot Springs

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 4, 2021
Population: 32654
transportation housing diversity education affordable
Cultural or Historical Interests
We are a culturally/racially mixed community. Bible belt christian dominated, which is hard on non-church folk. Wide age range from retired to families with school aged children.
Community Activities and Services
We are geographically linked. We live in the same neighborhood. We need sidewalks, access to food, public transportation, community garden space, park and playground space. Non corporate fast food restaurants.
Economic or Environmental Interests
We have many underpaid service workers for a town with a robust tourist industry
Community Needs and Concerns
Our town is among the largest in a mostly rural area. Redistricting tends to divide out town into little pie pieces so that the town/city folk with urban and progressive concerns are diluted by rural priorities.
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Retirees

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 1, 2021
Population: 191815
healthcare voting rights diversity elderly environment
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community comprises a diverse cross section of people, including various races, ethnicities and genders.
Community Activities and Services
My community is made up of golfers, and people using recreational facilities.
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community is affected by pollution caused from increasing housing and traffic.
Community Needs and Concerns
My community is in the northwest Arkansas I 49 corridor and is seeing growth in pollution due to increased development.
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Wedington

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Oct. 1, 2021
Population: 81019
transportation renewable resources housing environment affordable
Community Activities and Services
My community is made up of people who work, shop, recreate, and access healthcare in Fayetteville and along the I-49 corridor.
Community Needs and Concerns
Rapid growth in the cities reduces affordable housing for all and increases sprawl, as lower income individuals are forced further out of urban centers. Ensuring districts equitably include urban and rural residents will help ensure policies don’t disadvantage lower income and rural populations.
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Conway, Arkansas

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 30, 2021
Population: 1416
transportation healthcare diversity education suburban
Cultural or Historical Interests
Churches, art in private studios as well as the colleges, book clubs, language clubs, senior citizen centers, historic communities.
Community Activities and Services
Schools, churches, walking for exercise, senior citizens center, gatherings at Beaverfork lake in the summer, two hospitals, Lake Conway for fishing, three colleges, baseball, football & other sports.
Economic or Environmental Interests
The very large Lake Conway draws a lot of fishermen, a public campground is just across the Arkansas River, jobs are plentiful especially in the computer industry.
Community Needs and Concerns
Our community needs to be in one district because it is the city of Conway and dividing it up would be detrimental to our economic growth.
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Seniors

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 30, 2021
Population: 529407
renewable resources voting rights diversity homelessness environment
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community includes a diverse group of people, including those from other states and countries, particularly Hispanic, and Eastern European countries.
Community Activities and Services
My community is made up of volunteers from suburban northwest Arkansas who help with charities and people who use the amenities such as parks, trails, golf, pools and libraries.
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community includes housing and retail growth, some manufacturing and tourism.
Community Needs and Concerns
My community is along the I 49 corridor and is experiencing an increase in housing, traffic and pollution and the I 49 counties should be kept together.
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West Little Rock

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 30, 2021
Population: 57621
housing healthcare voting rights crime education
Community Activities and Services
My community is very diverse. I live within an area where there are many religions institutions including Baptist, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim. Within that are many cultures. We have public and private schools, access to shopping and dining and parks and recreation. It’s a sought-after area.
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West Little Ro+k

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 30, 2021
Population: 1302
voting rights diversity education environment suburban
Community Needs and Concerns
My community is diverse within a not very diverse population. Needs to be linked to more urban part of the county to avoid being drowned.
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Unite Mulberry

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 30, 2021
Population: 5966
housing voting rights crime education affordable
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community needs help with creating jobs and getting better information from our local government. We need more social services to help the poor.
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Capital city

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 30, 2021
Population: 1302
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is racially diverse
Economic or Environmental Interests
State capitol district
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LifeQuest of Arkansas Members

Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 223792
healthcare diversity education elderly environment
Community Activities and Services
My community of interest primarily involves people who are active members of LifeQuest of Arkansas. This group is predominately retired people who are well educated, involved with a diverse group of people, and very active in Pulaski County.
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Conway and Faulkner Co

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 51506
universities education rural suburban outdoor activities
Community Activities and Services
We are the city of colleges which straddles suburban metropolitan area and rural farming areas.
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Near Northwest Little Rock

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 23611
transportation healthcare education environment suburban
Community Activities and Services
The community is partially defined by public infrastructure and geography. The interstate creates a barrier/border. The river creates a barrier/border to the north. Limited connectivity and an arterial street along undeveloped property create a border to the west. Commercial districts along arterial streets create borders to the south. As with many/most suburban development, public transportation is nearly nonexistent. Homes in the community were generally constructed around the same time. Kids in the community neighborhoods mostly attend the same schools, and the school district changes to the west. Families in the community attend many of the same churches & shop at the same stores.
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Searcy community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 34227
education Latinx small businesses middle class Christianity
Cultural or Historical Interests
We have a fairly large Hispanic community in our area that is involved in various local enterprises such as farming, real estate, restaurant ownership, etc.
Community Activities and Services
My community is largely faith-based, with many people involved in volunteering, serving others, supporting foster children and families. We have a private university in our town that has long been involved in mission activities here and around the world.
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Tree community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 3270
transportation housing diversity education environment
Community Needs and Concerns
There is a lack of housing for middle to low income people. This is a common concern.
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Northwest Arkansas Community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 575748
transportation housing healthcare farming small businesses
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community consisting of Benton, Washington, Madison, and Carroll Counties represents a wide variety of employment, housing, healthcare, recreation, and farming opportunities. Therefore, these four counties (with the possible addition of Crawford County if needed to balance the population) should make up Arkansas U. S. Congressional District 3. Combining Madison County with any county other than Benton, Washington, and Carroll makes no sense. We have nothing in common with the other counties that border us on the east or south.
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Displaced Workers of Georgia Pacific

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 10993
transportation renewable resources air quality blue-collar affordable
Community Needs and Concerns
My community lost its main employer in 2019 and has paid severely in the area of unemployment and economic hardship. The need for good public transportation and continuing support of education both public and post graduate is paramount to out community’s survival.
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Moderate West Little Rock Community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 1598
renewable resources healthcare voting rights education environment
Community Activities and Services
My community is made up of people of faith who support public education, free and fair elections, affordable health care, protection of our natural environment and a diverse community.
Community Needs and Concerns
Crime and public nuisances such as street racing and random gunfire have increased in our city and must be reduced.
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Windsor Valley Neighborhood

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 1776
suburban
Cultural or Historical Interests
This community is diverse and has no single cultural identity.
Community Activities and Services
Quiet neighborhood, bedroom community, near shopping and community schools.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Many are retired and many are in active employment.
Community Needs and Concerns
This neighborhood is stable and diverse and not economically disadvantaged.
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Midtown

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 1803
healthcare voting rights gun control education environment
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is the most diverse in the state and we take pride in that fact. We want representation that will fight for the rights for all residents of our district.
Community Activities and Services
Pulaski County has historical areas as well as newer neighborhoods and we all value our schools, museums, libraries, places of worship, parks and local businesses. We want to keep our representation as a whole county to ensure everyone is heard.
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Justice, Mercy & Humility

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 2038
healthcare voting rights diversity gun control environment
Cultural or Historical Interests
Protections for historic neighborhoods and buildings
Community Activities and Services
More affordable housing, fewer food desserts, regulations to safeguard the environment.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Protections for endangered species (animal and vegetable), more trees, bike lanes and sidewalks.
Community Needs and Concerns
More affordable health care and cheaper drugs, measures to control the purchase and use of guns, protection against voter suppression, gerrymandering and the influence of lobbyists on public officials.
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Logic and reason in the Twin Lakes area

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 645
LGBT+ healthcare diversity elderly environment
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is bonded by the constitutional separation of church and state.
Community Activities and Services
my community is made up of liberals and atheists
Economic or Environmental Interests
Retirement community with clean lakes and rivers, lots of fishing
Community Needs and Concerns
We are overwhelmingly surrounded by conservatives. Put us in with enough liberals and Democrats that our vote will count.
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LGBTQ liberals

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 365163
LGBT+ voting rights diversity elderly environment
Community Activities and Services
I’m a member of the lgbtq community currently under attack by my state legislature and congressional representatives, aka republicans.
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Pulaski County

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 29, 2021
Population: 2104
transportation healthcare voting rights diversity elderly
Community Needs and Concerns
My community is the most urban, most populated and diverse in the state. My current representative in the state legislature represents a portion of my county and another less urban county. He leans toward the interests of the voters in the less urban county. I am not being represented fairly in this current situation. I absolutely do not want Pulaski County carved up into even more small, ineffective pieces. We need it to be intact to make the needed impact at the state level.
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Ranch community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 28, 2021
Population: 49850
voting rights diversity policing gun control education
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is African American family oriented, educators, proponents of diversity and equity
Community Activities and Services
My community includes my church in Jacksonville, Arkansas, my bowling leagues and friends. We enjoy gardening and healthy community gatherings and sharing information. We hate rhetoric spread to create division based on different skin tones and national origin, and religion. Also important is access to quality food, water and clean air. I am near the Arkansas river and enjoy fishing.
Economic or Environmental Interests
I’m concerned that we have the most environmentally toxic producers in or near the low income persons of color and minority neighborhoods. I am concerned about equity in education. Sensible gun control
Community Needs and Concerns
Keep people of like interest in the same district. Very concerned that Pulaski County is divided in some maps into 3 zones.
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John Barrow

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 28, 2021
Population: 1945
diversity environment urban affordable resources
Cultural or Historical Interests
The John Barrow area is a historical area.
Community Activities and Services
My community is made up of Sydney McMath library, UA Little Rock, and the Walmart on Shackleford.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Retail is the main industry.
Community Needs and Concerns
Youth activities with security is needed at the Westside Central community center.
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AR Blacks-in-Congress Community

Sept. 27, 2021
Population: 490961
housing voting rights crime education elderly
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is diverse although it is predominantly African American.
Community Activities and Services
There are many churches in my Community. Central High School is around the corner from my house.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Onbe major problem is failed infrastructure, such as street lights, no sidewalks, draining ditches running beside streets, etc.
Community Needs and Concerns
All of Pulaski County should be combined with Jefferson County to be part of a Congressional District where there is majority-minority district to include the AR Delta.
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Jacksonville West Community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 26, 2021
Population: 2726
transportation homelessness education low income public transit
Community Activities and Services
The people in my community access major healthcare services outside of my community.
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community is located in a poor drainage area, that experiences flooding with increased amounts of rainfall.
Community Needs and Concerns
My community needs accessible public transportation, safe walkways (sidewalks) and bicycle lanes.
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Sulphur Springs

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 25, 2021
Population: 2934
mental health crime gun control education
Community Activities and Services
Local churches and local parks.
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community lacks the broadband to bring in larger corporations to have better paying jobs.
Community Needs and Concerns
My district extends over several counties and we often do not receive representation like other counties. Concerns for our public school and test scores and not enough law enforcement to cover such a large area. We need better broadband services.
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Central Fayetteville community

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 24, 2021
Population: 15236
Community Activities and Services
My community is very involved with education since we are home to the University of Arkansas as well as a campus of Northwest Arkansas Community College. We also have a state of the art library where people gather frequently.
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community is very concerned with preserving and improving our natural environment. The White River runs through my city and nearby areas. We have a lot of trees and want to increase our canopy whenever possible.
Community Needs and Concerns
We have a fairly large homeless population and many others who live below the poverty line. We do a lot to help these citizens and my community is a very helping community. We are also largely a Democrat community when it comes to voting—we believe in creating a social net for those less fortunate than we are.
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Crystal valley and otter creek subdivisions

Sept. 22, 2021
Population: 7849
healthcare voting rights crime education elderly
Community Activities and Services
community meets at place of worship, schools, libraries, parks, organizations and nonprofits.
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Happy Hollow

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 21, 2021
Population: 1457
transportation housing healthcare environment affordable
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is predominantly African Americans we attend church in our neighborhood for the past 40 years. Quiet strictly residential
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community is plaques with dilapidated housing
Community Needs and Concerns
Jobs...quality conditions and pay
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Northwest Jonesboro Area

Sept. 12, 2021
Population: 30205
voting rights mental health crime gun control education
Economic or Environmental Interests
The Northwest area of Jonesboro needs economic development. It's an area of high poverty that lags behind the rest of the city.
Community Needs and Concerns
Infrastructure, banking, more retail, dining, and hotels all need to be established in this area.
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Northwest Jonesboro Area

Sept. 12, 2021
Population: 32126
voting rights mental health crime gun control education
Economic or Environmental Interests
The Northwest area of Jonesboro needs economic development. It's an area of high poverty that lags behind the rest of the city.
Community Needs and Concerns
Infrastructure, banking, more retail, dining, and hotels all need to be established in this area.
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Blissville Community in Downtown Little Rock

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 11, 2021
Population: 1152
housing voting rights diversity education environment
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community of interest is concerned about downtown Little Rock and its historical past
Community Activities and Services
My community of interest is engaged with Little Rock School District and Central High School
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community of interest wants to make sure there is plenty of Green Space in Downtown Little Rock, especially South of 630
Community Needs and Concerns
My community of interest is concerned about "food deserts"
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North & East Jonesboro

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 10, 2021
Population: 30948
transportation housing healthcare diversity education
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is racially diverse, has a large student population, and many people who are lower income.
Community Needs and Concerns
My community is located in north Jonesboro. It is diverse and largely poor. In the last redistricting it was added in with rural communities that are much different. It has more in common with the interior of our city and the eastern part of Jonesboro to Nettleton. Both areas are historically neglected economically and politically.
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Fairview district

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 9, 2021
Population: 48692
housing healthcare diversity elderly affordable
Community Needs and Concerns
My community is a diverse that extended over two districts. District 53&59. I was hoping you could separate Jonesboro from the other parts of the county. Just have one representative for that representative.
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Hot Springs Village

Sept. 5, 2021
race COVID-19 rural recreation partisanship
Cultural or Historical Interests
I have lived here a year, and the cultural bond that I see everyday is the vast majority of people are Republicans. The shared history is the community that was established in 1970.
Community Activities and Services
I live in Hot Springs Village, which is a gated community, semi-rural, many churches for the population, many types of healthcare services are available. There is a private library, several modes of private transportation, many lakes, a variety of many organizations. Schools are 1 - 12 grades only. 1 grocery store, 1 Wal Mart, few restaurants.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Many lakes in the Village and also Lake Ouachita. Also 9 golf courses. These amenities attract tourists.
Community Needs and Concerns
Hot Springs Village is in Saline County and Garland County. It would be much better for it to be in one district. I attended a Board of Apportionment meeting in Benton. I was assured by 2 people on the panel that there would be no gerrymandering. I look forward to seeing that promise fulfilled.
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West Jonesboro

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 3, 2021
race Black Latinx low income
Cultural or Historical Interests
ethnic groups, age groups
Community Activities and Services
Schools, libraries, healthcare services, parks
Economic or Environmental Interests
self-employed, teachers
Community Needs and Concerns
Keep community in the same district or separate into multiple districts, neighborhood association
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Busch

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 1, 2021
tourism healthcare education outdoor activities
Community Needs and Concerns
Like most of all Arkansas rural communities, the emergency medical and firefighter force is 90%+ volunteer. Young adults are challenged to join by the factors of time and money which they find to be scarce as they are trying to get ahead and even support a family. The personnel on average is aging in these districts which is a double-edged sword for retaining the experienced volunteers at the same time losing possible response time due to diminished physical ability and stamina that goes with an average age of responders over 50 years old. The equipment and apparatus one finds in the rural districts is often older hand-me-downs that are prone to failure during incidents.
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Forest Loving Retirees

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Sept. 1, 2021
healthcare voting rights elderly environment outdoor activities
Cultural or Historical Interests
Hot Springs Village is 51 years old and is made up of mostly middle to upper middle class professional retirees. There are a few POC residing here, but the majority of the population is white, conservative, and Christian.
Community Activities and Services
Hot Springs Village is divided by the Garland and Saline county lines. Most residents go to Hot Springs in Garland County for services such as shopping, dining, and CHI St. Vincent medical services. We are in the Jessieville School District, however the majority of residents in the Village are retirees. The Village is home to 11 lakes and 9 golf courses, miles of hiking trails, and acres of untouched forested land. We live here to enjoy the outdoors, and the amenities in the Village such as theater, concerts, restaurants, tennis, pickleball, miniature golf, our own library, and many different clubs devoted to group activities.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Most residents in Hot Springs Village are retired. Golf could be considered the main industry here. All residents are concerned with maintaining a healthy forest environment, as well as keeping our lakes in pristine condition.
Community Needs and Concerns
Hot Springs Village is a very large area and the residents struggle with the sometimes complicated issue of having a county line within our boundaries. I took my own straw-poll with one of our many Facebook groups asking if people identified more with Benton or Hot Springs, the unanimous decision was Hot Springs. As all Arkansas residents, we are very concerned with our right to vote, how far we're going to have to travel to vote, and how are our older less abled residents going to vote under the new districts.
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Southern Area Regional Community Advancing Social Mores

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Aug. 31, 2021
tourism unemployment environment river low income
Economic or Environmental Interests
My community is based in the Mississippi River Delta area and is economically depressed. There is a lot of agriculture and the potential for tourism that is currently under-utilized. The need to keep the Mississippi River as clean as possible is an ongoing concern.
Community Needs and Concerns
The Delta Area is economically depressed. There are few jobs, and most of those are agricultural based; but there is plenty of natural beauty and historical events for tourism that are under-utilized and under-developed. The community needs protection of natural resources such as the river, water-ways, and other low-lands. The community also needs support and investment to increase the tourism industry and support infrastructure required to both draw people to the area and provide adequate lodging and entertainment and dining while they are here.
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Cross County

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Aug. 30, 2021
transportation healthcare education elderly
Community Activities and Services
My community is defined by the county borders Shopping, health services, educatuon and government services are in the centralized county seat of Wynne.
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Old Conway

Aug. 28, 2021
transportation housing healthcare mental health education
Cultural or Historical Interests
The neighborhoods of Old Conway are a mix of long-time residents, younger people moving in to raise families, and college students and young professionals. An appreciation for the small-town feel is often present.
Community Activities and Services
Old Conway is a community of primarily middle class households living in moderately dense, generally walkable neighborhoods.
Economic or Environmental Interests
Lots of locally employed and self-employed people. We have a regionally important hospital, so health care is important.
Community Needs and Concerns
The infrastructure of old conway is aging. People here also often want the amenities they see in progressive wealthy towns. The community is generally more progressive than other parts of the county.
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Leawood

Aug. 23, 2021
parks libraries COVID-19 education elderly
Economic or Environmental Interests
My suburban community has three public elementary schools on its outskirts, a public STEM school that goes through middle school, and a popular public library. Two city parks are nearby. We are a mix of young and old. Education is important, as is healthcare.
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Marked Tree Arkansas

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Aug. 20, 2021
transportation housing healthcare education elderly
Cultural or Historical Interests
My community is mostly white people who claim to be Christian. Black people are mostly concentrated in one area, with some integration.
Community Activities and Services
My community is a dying rural farm town with few economic opportunities.
Economic or Environmental Interests
This is an agricultural area.
Community Needs and Concerns
We need jobs here.
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Midtown Little Rock

Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Arkansas Fair & Equitable Mapping Awareness, Planning & Action Team
Aug. 20, 2021
parks infrastructure schools libraries voting rights
Cultural or Historical Interests
With three LRSD schools located in our neighborhood, our community has a strong interest in the success of our public schools. We also value our local library, and our local Meriwether Park, as gathering spaces, and want to ensure their continued vibrancy.
Community Activities and Services
My community is midtown Little Rock. We benefit from the Fletcher Library, Hall High School, Williams Elementary, Fair Park STEM school, as well as the centrally located midtown shopping areas around Park Plaza and the Target shopping area.
Community Needs and Concerns
Our community shares common interests and shared community resources with our neighboring Leawood and Hillcrest neighborhoods, and would like to see current district lines protect our combined voice in being represented with these communities.
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