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: Our community shares interests in protecting the beauty and integrity of Topsail Is,and. It is a major area for both socializing and recreation.

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: People often join the same organizations (Historical Society of Topsail Island, for instance) and in general we share the history of how this area has grown up around the island’s economic and recreational assets.

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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: Many residents in these communities work in the tourist industry. There is also a large retiree community, many of whom moved here for enjoying Topsail Island. Preserving the island is extremely important to everyone in this area.

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: This area is growing rapidly which leads to many concerns about whether the existing community resources can support all these new residents and how the physical growth is impacting the island’s resouces and perhaps making us more hurricane prone.