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Archive for January, 2022

PNA and OWL Partner to Make a Stand for Pinckney School

As most residents now know, in an effort to address a major budget shortfall, the Lawrence School District has proposed closing 4 elementary schools (Pinckney, Woodlawn, New York, and Broken Arrow) plus Liberty Memorial Central Middle School. This proposal would result in converting the middle school into a mega-elementary school, where the students from all […]

January 30, 2022 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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PNA Meeting Recording Now Available on YouTube

Did you miss the PNA meeting on Saturday? Catch up by watching the recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJqfZKxwqbg

January 17, 2022 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Reminder: PNA Meeting Tomorrow at 10am!

Our first Pinkney Neighborhood Association meeting of the new year is TOMORROW, Jan 15th, at 10am via Zoom. Check the e-news for the Zoom meeting link and passcode: https://mailchi.mp/01e08be9b1ff/pna-jan2022-mtg-reminder

January 14, 2022 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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January 2022 PNA E-News

Check out the January 2022 PNA e-news at https://mailchi.mp/6b1430697fb4/jan2022-enews. Be sure to add our first meeting of 2022 — on Saturday, January 15, at 10am — to your calendar! At the meeting, we’ll be discussing: Preparations for elections at the PNA annual meeting on February 19 Potential changes to PNA Bylaws Organizing a competition for […]

January 9, 2022 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Thanks, Pinkney Neighbors!

Pinkney Neighbors did a fantastic job contributing gifts and necessities for the “Adopt-A-Family” campaign we ran during the holidays! Thank you SO much!

January 9, 2022 · 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.