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Archive for December, 2020

Submit new name ideas: take part in shaping the future of our neighborhood!

  Submit ideas for renaming our neighborhood at https://bit.ly/NewNameIdeas. All reasonable suggestions will be part of the later voting process. Learn more at our ‘Reconsidering Our Neighborhood Name‘ webpage!

December 30, 2020 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
Posted in: Announcements

PNA e-News for December 2020

    Check out the PNA e-newsletter for the month of December — there is a lot of important information inside, including an invitation to submit ideas for renaming the neighborhood! Link to e-news

December 19, 2020 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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LMH Health Offering Free COVID-19 Saliva Test Kits!

    Hey, neighbors! LMH Health is offering free COVID-19 saliva test kits at 9th and Mass St. – TODAY, Dec 5th, from 11am until 4pm. Same place and time tomorrow, Dec 6th. This will help with the county’s efforts to track asymptomatic spread in our community.

December 5, 2020 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
Posted in: Announcements

• 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.