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Archive for August, 2022

Recording of August 2022 PNA Meeting Available to Watch

Did you miss PNA’s August meeting last weekend? No problem, we recorded our discussion! You can watch the Zoom recording on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v8crNBhdeY

August 25, 2022 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Reminder! PNA’s August monthly meeting is tomorrow!

Don’t forget! PNA’s monthly meeting for August 2022 takes place tomorrow morning at 10am via Zoom. We’ll be discussing the presentation that Russ Johnson, CEO of LMH, gave at our meeting last month and diving into data that may or may not support claims made.  We’ll also start planning our Trunk-or-Treat event for October! 😀 […]

August 19, 2022 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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August 2022 PNA E-Newsletter

In this month’s edition of the PNA e-newsletter, we remind residents about: needing their feedback on LMH’s presentation at our July meeting school year starting Aug 18th – stop for school buses and watch for kids walking/biking to school! how to sign up for free / reduced school meals our call for volunteers to help […]

August 13, 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.