COMMUNITY PROFILE
1. Where are we located?
2. How many people live here? Is our population growing or shrinking? Why?
3. Who lives here? What ethnic group makes up the majority? How many elders, youth and adults?
4. What is our heritage? Where do we come from?
5. How many people are working? What jobs do they have?
6. What is the cost of living here? (food, gas, fuel, freight)
7. What sort of government does my community have? City|Tribe |Both?
8. Are we located in a borough or are we in an unorganized borough?
9. What forms of transportation do we use? How do people travel to, from and within the community?
a. If by air, how long is our airstrip? What’s the biggest plan that can land?
b. If by water, what is the largest boat that can dock? How often does the barge come?
10. What community facilities do we currently have?
a. What size airport do we have? What airlines fly to our community?
b. Who owns our bulk fuel?
c. What kind of power plant do we have? Who owns and operates it?
d. What sort of medical facilities do we have? Clinic or Hospital?
What is our next level of care?
e. What sort of public safety facilities do we have?
f. Do we have a designated shelter?
g. What sort of water/wastewater facilities do we have?
h. What sort of sewage?
11. What ways can the people in our community communicate?
a. VHF/Marine band
b. Satellite radios
c. Cell service provider?
d. HAM radios
12. What schools do we have? Is the school population growing or shrinking?
13. What are some of the economic opportunities facing our community?
14. What are some of the economic challenges facing our community?
15. Who owns the land in and around the village?
16. What subsistence resources are important to us?