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Don’t forget! October PNA Meeting is TOMORROW!

Join us tomorrow, Saturday, October 16th, at 10am on Zoom for our monthly PNA meeting.  We will have a guest speaker from the Lawrence Pedestrian Plan Steering Committee and get an update on the ongoing donation drive for Pinckney Elementary School.

Find the Zoom meeting link and passcode in our e-newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/f1f8eaeb3a75/pna-sept2021-mtg-reminder-4828018

October 15, 2021 · pgmiller · No Comments
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Donation Drive to support Pinckney Elementary School! October 4 through 29!

Join your Pinkney neighbors in collecting donations for Pinckney Elementary School!

October 2, 2021 · pgmiller · No Comments
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September PNA Recording Available to Watch

Did you miss the September PNA meeting on Saturday morning? You can now watch the Zoom recording and hear the City’s responses to our serious concerns about parks issues on the PNA YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/PNAyoutube

September 20, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Don’t forget! September PNA Meeting is TOMORROW!

Join us tomorrow, Saturday, Sept 18, at 10am on Zoom for our monthly PNA meeting.  The focus of the meeting will be serious parks concerns, including stormwater drainage issues and why Woody Park has not been returned to its pre- homeless encampment state more than 5 months after the City’s promised deadline.

Find the Zoom meeting link and passcode in our e-newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/2f52ae8b3991/pna-sept2021-mtg-reminder.

September 17, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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September 2021 PNA E-Newsletter

The September edition of the PNA e-newsletter went out earlier this afternoon. If you didn’t receive it, you can check it out at https://mailchi.mp/12ea6f240611/pna-enews-sept2021. Be sure to mark your calendar for our upcoming meeting next Saturday, Sept 18, at 10am — the meeting will focus on addressing serious parks concerns.

September 12, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Neighborhood Association Meeting THIS Morning at 10am!

Join us for the neighborhood association meeting THIS morning at 10am on Zoom! You can find the meeting link and passcode in our e-newsletter — https://mailchi.mp/0ea94df74f4c/pna-aug2021-mtg-reminder

August 21, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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August PNA e-newsletter

 

Check out the August PNA e-newsletter for important neighborhood news update and other information! https://mailchi.mp/6d86817e8db0/pna-enews-aug2021

August 15, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Zoom Recording from July 2021 PNA Meeting Now Available

Did you miss the PNA meeting last Saturday? Catch up by watching the Zoom recording: link. At this meeting, association members ratified the neighborhood name change from “Pinckney” to Pinkney (no ‘c’).

July 24, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Join us for the July PNA monthly meeting this Saturday, July 17, at 10am!

 

Our next PNA meeting is this Saturday, July 17, at 10am via Zoom.  Find the Zoom link and passcode, as well as lots of other pertinent neighborhood/city information, in our July e-newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/177109479b67/neighborhood-news-july-2021

July 13, 2021 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Final Result Is In!

 

Thanks to all who participated in the final round of voting for our new neighborhood name. Based upon the final tally of all eligible votes submitted (totaling 359 individual votes), the new neighborhood name receiving the most votes is Pinkney. Please note that the new neighborhood name will be formally submitted for ratification at the next PNA monthly meeting on July 17. We anticipate changes to neighborhood signage, online presence, etc. occurring over the next 6-8 months.

Recall that Pinkney (rather than Pinckney with a ‘c’) is in honor of William Pinkney, who lived from 1764 to 1822. He was an American statesman and diplomat from Maryland who was appointed the seventh U.S. Attorney General by President James Madison. An anti-slavery speech delivered by William Pinkney in 1789 was turned into a widely circulated abolitionist movement pamphlet. Pinkney remained well-known and his pamphlet quoted extensively by anti-slavery advocates up until the Civil War. The original map of Lawrence uses the spelling “Pinkney” for what is now 6th Street.

For a breakdown of vote tallies, information on why this name change occurred, and details of the past year’s worth of work by the committee, please visit http://www.pinckneyneighborhood.org/reconsidering-our-neighborhood-name/.

July 5, 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.