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 gathers in public places like parks and squares and restaurants, as well as one another's homes. And at special cultural events.My community accesses healthcare at private facilities. Most of us use at least some form of public transportation. Some of us access continuing education through both public and private sources.

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: The cultural bonds of my community are mostly a shared "newcomer" experience to the Deep South. We also share similar liberal social and political views.Most in my community share a history of growing up in the US in the 1960s thru 1980s.

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: Most of our community is retired or working close to home.I would say our environmental concerns are litter, recycling, and pollution.

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: Downtown Savannah is a very special and fragile place that feels safe to me and should be nurtured and protected.Our community needs to lift its poorer citizens out of poverty through education and decent employment opportunities.