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Archive for March, 2013

Reminder – City Commission Candiate Forum & School Bond Discussion – March 16th

Just a quick reminder about the opportunity to meet all 6 candidates for City Commission as well as a representative for the School Bond issue. The details are: Date/Time: Saturday March 16, PNA meeting starting at 10:00 a.m. – school bond discussion & candidate forum starting at about 10:30 a.m. Location: Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Conference […]

March 14, 2013 · pgmiller · No Comments
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Fun St. Patrick’s Day opportunity to be in the Parade!

Do you want to be in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade? Liberty Tax Service, one of our Pinckney businesses, is looking for someone to be Miss Liberty on the trailer they will pull in parade on Sunday. You would need to be available to meet prior to the parade at 11:00 am and you would […]

March 13, 2013 · pgmiller · No Comments
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PNA Meeting – March 16th – City Commission Candidates & School Bond Issue

We will be joined by all six candidates for the Lawrence City Commission as well as a representative for the USD 497 School Bond issue at our Saturday, March 16th PNA monthly meeting for discussion of issues and to answer your questions. Our regular PNA business meeting will start at 10:00 a.m. and run to […]

March 11, 2013 · pgmiller · No Comments
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PNA February Election of Officers

Here are updates following the February 17th PNA annual meeting and elections: First, special thanks to Kristen Walker, who has served valiantly as our Treasurer for two terms. She steps down from that position having helped us turn the corner after some fiscally scary times, and now we are sitting solidly in the black with […]

March 7, 2013 · pgmiller · No Comments
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Tenants-to-Homeowners offers free First Time Homebuyer Workshop on March 9th

Tenants-to Homeowners, Inc./Lawrence Community Housing Trust will offer a First Time Homebuyer Workshop Saturday, March 9  at 9:30 am in the United Way Center 2518 Ridge Ct.  It’s free and open to the public with no reservations required. Home buying interest is up but prime interest rates are still low. This workshop is intended for […]

March 4, 2013 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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• 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.