Redistricting of Mt. Airy

I am writing today to express my concern of the preliminary redistricting PA maps. If approved it will separate the adjacent communities of Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill. Currently they are in one district. I urge that the map be updated to reflect the way these neighborhoods currently operate. My husband and I moved to E. Mt. Airy a few years ago because we wanted to raise our three young girls in a culturally diverse, local community within a city setting. They attend school in Chestnut Hill and most of our everyday interactions, shopping, after school activities, affiliations are with fellow neighbors in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill located in upper NW Philadelphia. We love the historical background in these neighborhoods which is why we decided to purchase in the area as opposed to the suburbs. I urge you to keep these historical and culturally geographic neighborhoods in the same district as they have been before this preliminary map was drawn. Many thanks