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Archive for July, 2021

Zoom Recording from July 2021 PNA Meeting Now Available

Did you miss the PNA meeting last Saturday? Catch up by watching the Zoom recording: link. At this meeting, association members ratified the neighborhood name change from “Pinckney” to Pinkney (no ‘c’).

July 24, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Join us for the July PNA monthly meeting this Saturday, July 17, at 10am!

  Our next PNA meeting is this Saturday, July 17, at 10am via Zoom.  Find the Zoom link and passcode, as well as lots of other pertinent neighborhood/city information, in our July e-newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/177109479b67/neighborhood-news-july-2021

July 13, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Final Result Is In!

  Thanks to all who participated in the final round of voting for our new neighborhood name. Based upon the final tally of all eligible votes submitted (totaling 359 individual votes), the new neighborhood name receiving the most votes is Pinkney. Please note that the new neighborhood name will be formally submitted for ratification at […]

July 5, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Final Vote Result Will Be Announced on Monday, July 5

Expect the neighborhood renaming result to be announced on the afternoon of Monday, July 5! Thanks for your patience as the committee tabulates all the final ballots.

July 3, 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.