This map represent Midlands values and commitment to ESG. We need to support out community and be a leader. We have a legacy with Bay City and Saginaw, but out future is to the North and West.

This is a good map. We are grouped with rural areas around Midland. Many of the workers at my business are coming to Midland from the Gladwin and Isabella counties. This map keeps the City of Midland together with the areas that have experienced the issues with the dams failing and flooding. We have very little in common with Flint and Saginaw. We have very different school systems and the crime rates are very different. The issues that require significant work in Flint and Saginaw are much different than those in the City of Midland. This is a good map.

I like that this map keeps Midland county whole and with Gladwin and other rural counties.

Battle Creek does not belong with Kalamazoo. The people trying to pair us are trying to bully us and take away our voice. The Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical consists of Kalamazoo and Van Buren County. By districting us the way the commission is, will have no effect on those trying to push us together for partisan reasons, but if you change the lines to better suit 1 party, then it will have a detrimental effect for thousands who will have no representation. Why are they trying to self pack themselves and then cry over gerrymandering.

This map serves Muskegon community of interest well. Our county is kept in one single district and we are grouped with other adjacent lakeshore communities who share common interests. Please do not carve out our urban core to "pack" with the city of Grand Rapids. That sort of division would be detrimental to our sense of community. We have little in common with GR, a much larger, landlocked city. Our interests align more naturally with other shoreline cities like Grand Haven and Ludington.

This is a fair map for Livingston County. This is a 50/50 map for our draft congressional district. It can be won by either party. It does not overwhelm rural voters. It keeps Livingston County whole and does not put us with Washtenaw County. Thank you.

I am a resident of Midland and I want the city of Midland to remain with the rest of the county. Midland is not a suburban city and we don't have a lot in common with Saginaw or Bay City.

I am a resident of Midland and I want the city of Midland to remain with the rest of the county. Midland is not a suburban city and we don't have a lot in common with Saginaw or Bay City.

I like the way this map is drawn. As a current County Commissioner, I feel we have a lot in common with Bay County and should be kept in the same district. Also, our school districts in Arenac and Bay are in the same ISD, so Au Gres-Sims career students travel to Bay City for career and technical education. We also share a shoreline in the Great Lakes Bay Region. Thank you for your work, and please use this map going forward.

I like how District 11 is drawn. It keeps Arenac and Bay County together and doesn't gerrymander the northern part of Bay County or the city of Midland. This is the best version so far. Thank you.

This map makes sense. Arenac and Bay County have a lot in common. People from here go to Bay City and Saginaw whenever they need to go shopping or something. There aren't any jagged lines or anything for district 11. Looks good.

I followed your discussion Tuesday about changing the Midland Map #179 and I am requesting that you listen to Commissioner Lange and all of the community voices asking that Midland be kept whole and with its rural neighboring counties of Gladwin, Isabella, Clare and Gratiot in the proposed 13th district. Bruce Adelson discussed Midland’s lack of minorities diluting the votes in Saginaw and Flint. I agree and believe Midland’s voices would also be lost if included in the proposed 11th district with Bay, Saginaw and Flint. It is well known that the City of Midland had major flooding along with the flooding in Sanford and in Gladwin County. That’s why it is so important that Midland and Gladwin County should remain in the same district to ensure continuity and a united effort in our recovery. Traditionally, Midland County has always been in a westward facing Congressional District and that makes sense because of the strong agricultural presence in this part of the state. In the 2000 census, Midland lost the ‘tri cities’ designation due to a population drop and therefore the City of Midland should not be carved out and lumped in with the urban centers of Bay City, Saginaw and Flint; the City of Midland has more in common with westward facing rural counties. The Tittabawassee watershed convergence shared by these counties is another reason to keep them together. Please keep Midland County whole; please keep the rural counties of Gladwin, Midland, Isabella and Gratiot together; our flood recovery work will incur a major setback if you split the representation up for these counties. Thank you Commissioner Lange for listening to our voices! I ask that your colleagues on the Commission do the same.

I am the Superintendent of Standish-Sterling Community Schools and my school district is in the Bay Arenac Intermediate District which is made up of schools from Arenac and Bay Counties. I have employees who live in Bay County and Bay City. Many residents of Arenac County work in Bay City. Arenac and Bay Counties are part of the Great Lakes Bay Region. The Great Lakes Bay Region is made up of both rural and urban communities that rely on each other. This map does a good job of keeping our communities of interest together and should be implemented. Thank you for your efforts.

It sounded like the Commissioners had a misunderstanding on the 2020 flooding. The City of Midland had major flooding along with the flooding in Sanford and in Gladwin County. That’s why it is so important that Midland County remain in its entirety and Gladwin County needs to remain in the same district to ensure continuity and a united effort in our recovery.

I support the proposed map keeping Midland County whole and with Gladwin and Isabella.

District 8 nicely represents the area where I live. As I shared in my testimony and the Jackson public hearing Jackson County is solidly connected to Lenawee and Hillsdale counties through intergovernmental partnerships, economic development organizations, and non profits. Thank you for clearly using Moon's data showing community of interests when drawing this district.

I like this map (#179) because it keeps Midland County whole and allows for representation with those communities to our west who share similar values. Those who choose to live in Midland do so because of the small town living and values it provides, which align more with our more rural neighbors that we are joined with in this particular map.

The previous map with my comments seems to be gone. I like this Map because it does not split Midland county which allows the county governing body to better serve the community. It also keeps Midland with the smaller towns that are similar like Mt. Pleasant, Clare, Gladwin and Alma. These same towns are also in the Chippewa and Tittabawasee watersheds dealing with regular flooding events where we need to work together. Midland does not share the more urban interests of Saginaw and Flint, and even Bay City. Thanks for considering these points.

This is the best map drawn so far, and gives good representation to the Great Lakes Bay Region. It keeps communities of interest together, including Arenac with Bay County and Midland with Gladwin County. Bay and Arenac share many civic, social, and economic ties. We share an ISD, a community foundation, and a Rotary Club to name a few. Many of our businesses work together, and we share a common workforce. Midland and Gladwin share an important watershed, share a community fund, and have a common workforce. I have left these comments before on another map, that no longer exists, but I hope you will read them here. Thank you for your hard work, and good job on these districts.

Love this map (#179). This allows Midland County to not be split and to be aligned with other communities that share similar values and challenges.

I like map 179, serves Midland best to keep with rural communities as well as our city.

Midland County and the City of Midland should be in the same representative district, along with Gladwin County. In the past year we have suffered a catastrophic disaster. These areas are working together to rebuild our communities. We need to be together. What happen to map #146 and my comments there??

I like map 179, serves Midland best to keep with rural communities and not split.

I like map now 179, Iam a reisdent of Midland, and it makes the most sense to keep Midland County together. Midland is not "suburban". We have much more in common with our rural neighbors and is critical to keep us together. Where did map and all the comments go for 146?

This map keeps Midland with its neighbors who share concerns like flooding and rebuilding the dams. This map will allow for appropriate representation of the concerns of Midlanders.

I am a reisdent of Midland, and it makes the most sense to keep Midland County together. Midland is not "suburban" by any stretch of the imagination. We have much more in common with our rural neighbors to the north and west.

Good map

I was informed that my comments on district map #146 was no longer on tis portal. This is very concerning to me and I think an explanation is needed to clear this concern up. Due to this I am resubmitting a comment to state that I support this map as it keeps the citizens on Midland and Midland county together. I have friends in the city of Midland, west of us towards Mt Pleasant, in Gladwin, and Sanford that have been affected by the flood of 2020. We need to keep these areas together on this map to make sure we are represented together as one and have a full recovery.

I do not understand where map #146 went, as well as my comments and the many other "like" positive comments. The map is now #179. I would like to know who changed the map number as well as what happened to my documented comments. I am concerned that my comments as well as others may not have been listened to. To be very honest, how can the commissioners expect the citizens to have any trust in this format if we are not being made aware of these changes. I did not see any documentation on this page that informs me that these changes have been made as well as the reasoning. You do have our email addresses so we could be notified that maps have been changed and that we may need to make new comments. There is plenty of IT software that could reload comments back into the portal in the corresponding maps. The next question is I may be the only person that is aware of this new map on the "like" response as I do not see any other comments. I still believe that this map is the best representation for the city of Midland and Midland county. I all due respect, I do not understand Jennifer Austin’s comment on how the city of Midland has more in common with Bay City, Saginaw, and Flint than Midland county. I have friends and relatives that live in Midland county, and to think that I have less in common with them than people in Bay City, Saginaw, and Flint is absolutely absurd and makes no sense at all. I am a lifelong resident of the city of Midland and everyone I personally know that lives in this city has always believed that we have more in common with the people in Midland county that those of Bay City, Saginaw, and Flint. I have worked at the medical center in Midland for over 40 years and we have networked with patients from all of Midland county, Isabella, and Gratiot. We have medical centers in Alma, Clare, and Gladwin as well as other cities. Bay City, Saginaw, and Flint are not areas in which we refer patients to. They stay within MidMichigan Health, which was the first hospital system that the U of M decided to become affiliated with for this reason. We share the same community of interest in regards to healthcare.