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: Many small businesses, lots of activity Whittier School Cambridge Health Alliance - health needs assessment

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 Central American immigrant population (lots of TPS recipients) started moving to Everett 25 years ago. Some Brazilians started moving to Everett in the late 1990s and early 2000s, lots of Evangelical Christians. Many Haitians who moved to Everett after the economic crisis and natural disasters, but also from Boston gentrification from Dorchester and Mattapan. More recently increasing number of immigrants who speak Arabic (Moroccans)

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: Lots of traffic Very working-class city: between 15,000 and 20,000 people work in low-wage service or domestic work at the airport, in retail. City has no workforce development.

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: Youth population is exploding. Need another middle school (or even two).