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Archive for April, 2014

Electronic Recycling Event – Saturday, May 3rd from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – KU Park & Ride East parking lot

The next City sponsored Electronic Recycling Event will be on Saturday, May 3rd from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the KU Park & Ride East parking lot, Clinton Pkwy & Crestline Drive. The City of Lawrence Solid Waste Division in partnership with the University of Kansas invite students, residents, and small businesses to recycle unused […]

April 30, 2014 · pgmiller · No Comments
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14th Annual Earth Day Celebration in South Park – Saturday April 19th from 11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Earth Day, observed on April 22nd, was created in 1970 to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment, and is now observed in over 175 countries thus making it one of the largest secular modern day holidays. The 14th Annual Earth Day Celebration in South Park, hosted by the City’s Solid Waste Division, […]

April 16, 2014 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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Lawrence Police Department and Bert Nash representatives join PNA April 19th meeting to discuss safety issues

April 19th – 10:00 a.m. – PNA Monthly Meeting – Lawrence Memorial Hospital Meeting Room D-South Our April 19th PNA meeting will include a visit from Officer Trent McKinley, supervisor for Lawrence Police Department’s Neighborhood Resource Officers, and David Johnson, CEO of Bert Nash, to talk to Pinckney residents about neighborhood safety issues recently highlighted […]

April 16, 2014 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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Pinckney School + Chipotle on Mass. + Friday April 11 = YUM!

Here’s your chance to eat well and support Pinckney Elementary School. You can make dinner a selfless act by joining your friends and neighbors for a fundraiser to support Pinckney Elementary School. Just come into the Massachusetts Street Chipotle on 9th & Mass on Friday, April 11th, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, and bring the attached […]

April 7, 2014 · pgmiller · 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.