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Archive for March, 2023

TODAY – Rally to Save Pinckney Elementary & School District Public Hearing

We need your help! Rally to save Pinckney Elementary at 1:30pm outside the school, and then show your support at the school district’s public hearing at 2pm in the gym. Free pizza at the family-friendly rally! Come show your support! Read the details here: https://mailchi.mp/22437e0406c9/save-pinckney-elem

March 25, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Reminder! PNA’s March Meeting is TOMORROW at 10am!

Concerned about the City’s plan to put a pallet shelter village for the unhoused on N Michigan St? Concerned about the School District’s plan to permanently close Pinckney Elementary? Be sure to join us TOMORROW at 10am for the Pinkney Neighborhood Association meeting — in person at LMH (community meeting room D-south) or online via […]

March 17, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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☘️ March 2023 PNA E-Newsletter

Check out the March edition of the Pinkney Neighborhood E-Newsletter for the latest on happenings in and around our ‘hood, such as: – St. Patrick’s Day events occurring this week ☘️ – New! In-person and online options for our upcoming PNA meeting THIS Saturday, March 18 – Updates on proposed permanent closing of Pinckney Elementary […]

March 13, 2023 · 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.