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: We have a very limited network of private support systems and are mostly reliant on ourselves and national organizations.

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: Our community has always been majority White, but traditionally different parts of town had different nationalities. The South End on the East Side was predominantly Polish. On the Southwest side of town the village of Salzburg was Germanic. The village of Winona and "The Banks" part of town French. Meanwhile a mix of English and Irish settlers mingled in Downtown and nearby Essexville.

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: As a City that prides itself on it's history in manufacturing and manual labor from the lumber era into the middle 20th Century our City has been forced to turn to lower paying, seasonal jobs in the service industry

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: Economic assistance for building living wage jobs and attracting educated talent is necessary to stop our City from losing population, specifically of those under the age of 60. Our infrastructure is some of the worst in the state and our unique position on the Saginaw River squandered.