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Archive for August, 2013

Rental Inspection Stakeholders Meeting Planned for August 21 @ 5 pm – City Hall

The City of Lawrence Planning and Development Services Department will hold a public meeting to review a proposed ordinance and program details related to the city’s expansion of the rental licensing and inspection program. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 21 from 5 to 6 p.m. in the City Commission Room at City […]

August 15, 2013 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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PNA Monthly Meeting – Saturday Aug. 17 @ 10:00 am – LMH Meeting Room D-South

Our next monthly PNA meeting will be this Saturday, August 17th in Lawrence Memorial Hospital meeting room D-South (lower level). The meeting will start at 10:00 am. Light refreshments will be served. Phillip Ciesielski of the City of Lawrence Department of Utilities will join us to discuss upcoming work to be done at the Kaw […]

August 15, 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.