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 gathers in public spaces: parks, recreation areas, reserves. We hike trails, paddle in lakes, and fish in rivers. You will find us in the library and at the University of Utah—or Salt Lake Community College. We ride the bus to work and school. We support Wasatch Community Gardens.

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: Many different religious groups live in this area—including atheists and agnostics. A large number of us have moved here from out of state or out of country for schooling, work, or access to the state's mountains and deserts.

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: My community is located between the University of Utah and the city center. We work in eduction, health services, the arts and hospitality. There are many professionals here. Students live here. We have a large homeless population.

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 Avenues, where I live, has a community organization that meets monthly. Even though the Avenues is a single, distinct community, we are not all included under the same district under the current districting.