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: Over development and real estate speculation, steep slope building, expensive empty townhomes and condos are some of the economic problems preventing affordable housing for Chattanoogans.

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: People in my community gather at the Wyatt YFD center, Coolidge Park, CCA high school,and Stringers Ridge. The closest library to my community is the Downtown library and most grocery shopping is done at Publix on N market or Aldi on Mountain Creek road.

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.

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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: The North Chatt community interacts closely with the red bank community near the white oak park area and shares many businesses and churches. Hixson pike is a natural boundary. There are many older neighborhoods with long standing neighborhood associations map drawers need to listen to prior to drawing maps!