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 is my neighborhood on the southeast side of Salt Lake City, in the foothills area, the Foothill Dr corridor from I80 up to 800 South and includes my church community. It extends west to state street encompassing all of sugar house.

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: I consider all of the Salt Lake valley to be my community in the sense that the city and country share the concerns of urban dwelling and enjoy the concomitant cultural opportunities. Salt Lake City has attracted likeminded people who prefer to live among diversity and heterogeneity as opposed to the more insular rural counties, or the homogeneous communities like Davis & Utah counties. Salt lake county is unique in the state with its larger ethnic and LGBTQIA+ populations, and diversity of religious affiliations.

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  - 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: Salt Lake City is the financial center of Utah and the gateway to the rest of the state. The surrounding mountains create a discreet ecological area that faces unique issues of congestion, air pollution, homelessness, crime and poverty, transportation and infrastructure that rural counties and “bedroom/commuter” areas like Utah and Davis county don’t share.

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  - 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