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: Folks in this community all come to Midland for the Midland Center for the Arts, and to Saginaw for the Dow Center. We all utilize the children's museums in Mt. Pleasant and Saginaw. The Saginaw Spirit and Great Lakes Loons gear are visible all over our community. Everyone in this area is familiar with the local Bay City eateries and events, Saginaw restaurants, as well as Mt. Pleasant and Midland breweries.

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.

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: I moved to Midland from Mt. Pleasant in 2017, after it became clear to me that many, many employees of CMU lived in Midland and appreciated living separately from their students, among other benefits. There are a number of local carpools and shared rides. After I moved to Midland, it also became clear to me that many, many Dow employees live in Saginaw and Bay City (as well as Midland, Auburn, Sanford, of course, and to a lesser degree Oil City, small M20 communities, and Mt. Pleasant).

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: There is no one who lives in Bay City, Saginaw, Midland, Mt. Pleasant, or the small communities in between that aren't aware of the amenities in the other listed locales. Speaking from experience, we've driven to shop in stores that are unique in each, and run into neighbors and friends from cities besides our own.