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Bluegrass Concert for Pinckney Tunnel on Sunday November 18th

Truckstop Honeymoon, The Skirts and LA Fahy will be jamming it up on Sunday November 18th from 3 to 5 pm at the Little White Schoolhouse to raise money for the Pinckney Tunnel Beautification Project!  Tickets are $15 (Free for kids under 5)

For a flier about the concert, click this link:  Pinckney Tunnel Concert

Pinckney Elementary School is collaborating with Van Go, Inc., a local arts-based social service agency that employs underserved and high-needs youth, to beautify a vital safe passageway – the Pinckney Tunnel. The goal is to turn something the community needs into something we love.

More about the project and fundraising efforts can be found on the Pinckney School PTO website at:
www.pinckneypto.org

Fundraising at RocketHub – a crowd funding source:
www.rockethub.com/projects/10487-pinckney-tunnel-mural-project

 

November 14, 2012 · pgmiller · No Comments
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• 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.