[Summit] Fwd: Summit Neighborhood Redistricting

[Sharon Lee Waldman]

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From: Bradly VanDerStad <b.vanderstad at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 12:47 PM
Subject: Summit Neighborhood Redistricting
To: <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>


Dear Summit Neighbors-

If we haven't already met, my name is Bradly J. VanDerStad, and I'm the
Vice President of the Summit Neighborhood Association. I'm reaching out
today to make you aware of some redistricting changes that will affect our
neighborhood.

As you may be aware, Rhode Island redraws its General Assembly districts to
match current population growth and movement trends every ten years based
on census data. Until now, the Summit Neighborhood has been completely
located in Senate District 3, represented currently by State Senator Sam
Zurier. In the latest proposed maps, the Summit Neighborhood is split down
Hope Street, with Senate District 3 to the East and Senate District 15 to
the West (currently represented by Senator Meghan Kallman).

Senator Zurier does an excellent job explaining the process and his
perspectives in his newsletters on December 9
<https://samzurier.com/december-9-2021-letter/> and January 16
<https://samzurier.com/january-16-2022-letter/>. While the SNA has not
taken a definitive stance on this proposal, some board members have
expressed concern and thought it wise to bring the neighborhood's attention
to the change. I encourage you to attend an upcoming meeting of the SNA if
you wish to share your perspectives on this issue.

To learn more and stay in the loop about redistricting, you can go to
riredistricting.org and subscribe to the newsletter.

Thank you,

*Bradly J. VanDerStad*
*Vice President, Summit Neighborhood Association*

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