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Don’t forget! Submit your response by deadline of May 1 for first round of neighborhood name voting!

The first elimination round of voting on new name options for our neighborhood will end on Saturday, May 1.  Be sure to get your vote in before the deadline!  You can submit your responses via ballot postcard to one of the three dropbox locations (401 Mississippi St., 427 Michigan St., or 504 Ohio St.). OR, you can vote online at https://surveyhero.com/c/pinckney.  The final round of voting – where our new neighborhood name will be selected – will occur later this spring.

Remember, only one vote per eligible person. To be eligible, you must live within our neighborhood, be age 16 or older, and provide your name & address (for verification purposes).  For more information, see our dedicated webpage at https://www.pinckneyneighborhood.org/reconsidering-our-neighborhood-name/.

 

April 25, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · 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.