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 made up of people who are involved with what projects should be made such as renewing community parks. They have town meetings in the town hall building to go over the specifics and all residents of the town are allowed to attend.

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: My community has a very diverse area. It is located in Farmingdale, Long Island where there are many diverse ethnicities and religions. Even though there are different religions everyone is respectful and all places that have some association within the religion such as buildings, leagues, or events are always open to all.

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 also based on a lot of sports-orientated economies. There are a lot of local owned businesses as well as many of them being business in the sports or physical activity 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: My community is based on the sport baseball and a lot of money goes into that. There are a lot of town people who would enjoy seeing the town more effort into basketball such as building indoor community rec centers with indoor basketball courts instead of spending it on 4 new baseball fields.