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Archive for May, 2021

May 2021 PNA Meeting Recording Now Viewable on Our YouTube Channel

    Did you miss the PNA monthly meeting on May 15? You can now watch the Zoom recording on our YouTube channel.

May 16, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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PNA Monthly Meeting Tomorrow, 5/16!

      Don’t forget! We have a PNA monthly meeting TOMORROW at 10am! Find the Zoom meeting details in today’s e-newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/870da015f49e/may2021-mtg-reminder

May 14, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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May 2021 PNA E-Newsletter

  Did you see the PNA e-newsletter this weekend? We announced the results from our first round of renaming votes! Check it out to see the four name finalists and to learn other important neighborhood information, such as details for joining our upcoming PNA meeting on May 15. E-news: https://mailchi.mp/d961f81fc1ed/pna-enews-may2021

May 10, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · 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.