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Archive for November, 2019

November 16! PINCKNEY NOVEMBER MEETING at 10 am

PNA November Meeting – Saturday at 10 am Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Meeting Room D South (lower level) Hey Neighbors, the November monthly meeting is Saturday! Agenda items include: hiring process for a new Communications Coordinator recap of the Trunk-or-Treat – successes and things to do better next year priorities for next year’s CDBG grant application […]

November 15, 2019 · Pinckney admin · No Comments
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November is National Novel Writing Month

How long do you think it takes to write a novel? A year? Five years? For some, 30 days is just enough; at least, if you’re participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Participants sign up online. The challenge? To write the first draft of a novel that’s at least 50,000 words. You start on […]

November 1, 2019 · 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.