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Archive for May, 2012

PNA Monthly Meeting – Saturday, May 19 @ 10:00 a.m – LMH Meeting Room D (lower level)

This month’s meeting will focus on our upcoming potluck picnic and kids’ art showcase (scheduled for June 16th in Clinton Park). We already have many fun activities and food lined up, but much more needs to be done to bring it all together. Your help, even on a limited basis, will be greatly appreciated. Also […]

May 15, 2012 · pgmiller · No Comments
Posted in: Announcements

Pinckney Neighborhood Infrastructure Survey – This Saturday, May 5th @ 10:00 am

Now is the time for you to step up to do something to help get those irritating potholes, cracked sidewalks and such in our neighborhood fixed.  The Pinckney Neighborhood Infrastructure Survey kicks-off this Saturday, May 5th. Please join us at 10:00 am at the Lawrence Memorial Parking Lot at the intersection of 4th St. and […]

May 1, 2012 · pgmiller · No Comments
Posted in: PNA Events

• Helpful Lawrence Area Links

  • Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
  • City of Lawrence, Kansas
  • Heartland Community Health Center
  • Just Food Douglas County
  • Lawrence – Douglas County Health Department
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital
  • Lawrence See-Click-Fix Reporting for Potholes, Parks Issues, Etc.
  • Pinckney Elementary School

• Other Neighborhood Associations

  • Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods
  • Brook Creek
  • Delaware Street Commons
  • East Lawrence
  • North Lawrence
  • Old West Lawrence
  • Oread
  • Sunset Hills
  • University Place
  • Schwegler

• Changing our Neighborhood Name

  Our neighborhood name of “Pinckney” was recently changed to “Pinkney.” This change occurred because Pinckney with a ‘c’ was associated with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a Revolutionary War general who signed the Constitution and who also was a slaveholder who believed slavery was fundamental to the American way of life (he owned a large plantation in South Carolina). Given this problematic history, neighborhood residents voted to change our neighborhood name. To learn more about the year-long process, go to our dedicated webpage. The final round of voting ultimately landed on the name of “Pinkney” in honor of William Pinkney, who gave a famous anti-slavery speech in 1789.