PNA Monthly Meeting – April 21 @ 10:00 am

This month’s meeting will be in Meeting Room D on the lower level of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Topics of discussion include:

  • Upcoming neighborhood street & sidewalk survey scheduled for May 5th
  • Advance planning for the June 16th Pinckney Potluck Picnic & Kids’ Art Show
  • Fundraising goals and planning

April 19, 2012 · pgmiller · No Comments
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Welcome to the New Pinckney Neighborhood Association Website

Pinckney Neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Lawrence, with a wonderful mix of historic and modern homes, lots and lots of trees, several great parks and a diverse and interesting population. Take a look around this website and explore the neighborhood. Then get involved: meet your neighbors, help keep the neighborhood looking great, and explore and share its rich history.

 

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City of Lawrence Electronic Recycling Event

Saturday, May 12, 9am-1pm @ Free State High School, north parking lot, 4700 Overland Drive

The city will host an electronic recycling event at the north parking lot of Free State High School on May 12.  Items accepted for recycling include Computers, Monitors, Printers, Copiers, Scanners, Fax Machines, Televisions, Video and Audio Equipment, Household Batteries, Microwaves and other Small Appliances, Cell Phones and other Hand Held Devices.

Items NOT accepted: Large Appliances (refrigerators, AC units, dehumidifiers) and Household Hazardous Waste (fluorescent light bulbs, compressed gas cylinders, etc.).

There is a $10 recycling fee per computer monitor and a $15 recycling fee per television.  There is no recycling fee for other electronic equipment.

For further information, please contact the City’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Division at 832-3030 or visit www.LawrenceRecycles.org.

Cassandra Ford, Waste Reduction and Recycling Specialist  |  cford@lawrenceks.org;
Public Works Department  |  City of Lawrence, KS http://www.lawrenceks.org
PO Box 708, Lawrence, KS  66044
office:  (785) 832-3026 |  fax:  (785) 832-3056
www.LawrenceRecycles.org

 

February 28, 2012 · pgmiller · No Comments
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Nature & Environment

Do you have a favorite nature walk in the neighborhood, have an interesting wildlife observation, know of a natural feature that has been overlooked, or think there is an area that needs special attention or protection?  We’d love to hear from you and include your stories, information, and photos on this site.

Please contact us at Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com, to provide information or ask questions.

 

Peace Park, a/k/a The Swamp

A wetlands project has been proposed at Peace Park, located between Constant and Burcham Parks near the Kansas River. View the details on its page, affectionately called The Swamp.

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Pinckney Walking Tour

The Pinckney Neighborhood Walking Tour starts at Constant Park at the corner of 6th and Tennessee and continues west to Illinois. A fold-out brochure with a map, photos, drawings and historical notes is available by contacting PNA. An online interactive tour is also being designed and we hope to have it available shortly.

 

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Voices of Pinckney

PNA is reaching out to members of the neighborhood and the community to preserve memories and observations about the Pinckney Neighborhood and its rich history (long ago and recent).  We are asking people who have memories to preserve, or know of someone who does, to contact us.  This webpage will be devoted to preserving and recounting those memories – whether written, audio, or video.

Please contact us at Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com, with your ideas and the names of people we should interview.

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Pinckney History

The Pinckney Neighborhood is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. Until 1912, 6th Street was named Pinckney Street, which gave the neighborhood its name. The street and the neighborhood were named in honor of General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a Revolutionary War Hero. The neighborhood covers the area from the Kaw to Iowa Street/McDonald Drive, 6th Street to I-70.

This page, together with the Voices of Pinckney page, is devoted to preserving and making available information about Pinckney Neighborhood as we gather it. Please contact us at Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com, if you have information or photos to contribute.

 

General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

The following information about General Charles Pinckney, for whom our neighborhood is named, was found and submitted by Paul Jefferson, a Pinckney Neighborhood resident. He found the information at http://colonialhall.com/pinckneyc/pinckneyc.php.  The original source is Marshall, James V.. The United States Manual of Biography and History. Philadelphia: James B. Smith & Co., 1856. Pages 185 and 186.

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, distinguished as a patriot, soldier and diplomatist, was born in South Carolina in 1740. His education was received in England, where he passed through Westminster school and the University of Oxford with a high reputation for ability and industry. After reading law at the Temple, he returned to Carolina in 1769, but was not able to practice his profession for any length of time, the commencement of the Revolution obliging him to exchange the gown for the sword.

He was first appointed a captain in the continental line, and, soon afterward, commander of the first regiment of Carolina infantry. When the South had been freed, for a period, from invasion, by Moultrie’s gallant defense of the fort on Sullivan’s Island, Colonel Pinckney joined the northern army, and was made aid-de-camp to Washington. In that capacity he was present at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown.

When the South was again menaced with danger, he returned to Carolina, and displayed great resolution and intrepidity, on the rapid and harassing march which saved that city from General Provost, and on the subsequent invasion of Georgia, and the assault on the lines of Savannah. On the approach of the army under Sir Henry Clinton, and of the fleet conducted by Admiral Arbuthnot, he was entrusted with the command of the fort on Sullivan’s Island. A favorable breeze and a flowing tide, however, enabled the fleet to sail into the port of Charleston, beyond the reach of his guns.

He then hastened with a part of the garrison to aid in defending the city, and was for continuing hostilities to the last extremity, not, as he said, because he thought they would eventually be able to repel the enemy, but because “we shall so cripple the army before us, that, although we may not live to enjoy the benefits ourselves, yet to the United States they will prove incalculably great.” Other counsel, however, prevailed, and he was made prisoner with the rest of the besieged.

Some time after the return of peace, Colonel Pinckney was placed in command of the militia of the lower division of the State, but was very soon appointed by Washington, whose confidence and friendship he enjoyed in a high degree, minister plenipotentiary to France. He resigned his commission in consequence, and sailed for Europe.

The hostile feeling of the French directory toward this country, caused them to reject its conciliatory propositions in an insulting manner, and to order its minister out of the territories of the republic. General Pinckney immediately communicated to the government the indignities which he had received, and retired to Holland. Not long afterward, he was joined by General Marshal and Mr. Gerry, with fresh instructions to reiterate propositions to the directory for the adjustment of differences.

When, at length, war was inevitable, and the whole United States were resounding with his celebrated sentiment, “Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute,” he returned home, having been named a major-general by Washington, who had been placed at the head of the forces raised for the protection of the American shores. Superior rank, however, was accorded to General Hamilton, who had been his junior during the Revolution. Some one spoke to General Pinckney of this preference as unjust, but he briefly answered, that he was satisfied that General Washington had sufficient reasons for it. “Let us,” he continued, “first dispose of our enemies; we shall then have leisure to settle the question of rank.”

Previously to his going to France, General Pinckney had been offered by President Washington several places under government of the highest importance, all of which, however, private considerations obliged him to decline. The first was that of judge of the supreme court; the next that of secretary of war, on the resignation of General Knox; and then that of secretary of state, when Randolph had been removed. He was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States, and afterward, in the convention of South Carolina, assembled for deliberating upon the instrument, he contributed greatly to its adoption. He died in August, 1825.

As a lawyer, General Pinckney was distinguished for profound and accurate learning, and strength and ingenuity of reasoning, without having much pretension to eloquence. In his practice he was high-minded and liberal, never receiving any compensation from the widow and orphan. His literary attainments were extensive, especially his classical knowledge; and no one was a more zealous friend to the advancement of learning. For more than fifteen years before his death, he acted as president of the Bible Society of Charleston — an office to which he was named with unanimity by the Christians of almost every sect.

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Event Details!

Pinckney Neighborhood Infrastructure Survey

Survey: Saturday May 5 at 10:00 a.m. – meet at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital parking lot at 4th and Michigan Street

Survey Planning Sessions: Saturday  April 21 at 10:00 a.m. in Meeting Room D, Lawrence Memorial Hospital

Pinckney residents are invited to turn out in force to walk the streets of our neighborhood to identify streets, sidewalks, storm drains, street lights, and any other physical structure in need of repair.  The findings of the physical survey will be compiled, reviewed to determine those items in most serious need of repair or correction, and then submitted to the City of Lawrence for consideration in its upcoming public works budget.  While we can’t guarantee that all the problems identified will be corrected, other neighborhoods that have performed a similar survey have been very pleased with the City’s response.

How can you participate?

Please come to the April 21st planning sessions at our regular PNA meeting to help map each section of the neighborhood and assign team leaders to head up the survey in each section.  Keep an eye out for infrastructure problems.  When you identify a problem area, note the problem and the location and bring the information to one of the planning sessions or submit it by e-mail.  We will make sure that item is reviewed during the street-by-street survey.

To identify a problem to be reviewed during the survey, please send an e-mail with the subject line “Survey,” along with your name and a contact number, to Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com

 

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PNA Meeting Notes

Pinckney Neighborhood Association usually meets on the third Saturday of each month, excluding December. Visit the PNA calendar for upcoming meeting dates.

Here are the notes from previous PNA meetings:

2016
pending approval – 1-16-2016

2015
no December meeting
PNA-Minutes-11-21-2015
PNA-minutes-10-17-2015
PNA-minutes-9-19-2015
PNA-minutes-8-15-2015
PNA-minutes-7-18-2015
no June meeting
PNA-minutes-5-16-2015
PNA-minutes-4-18-2015
PNA-minutes-3-21-2015
PNA-minutes-2-21-2015
PNA-minutes-1-17-2015

2014
no December meeting
PNA-minutes-11-15-2014
PNA-minutes-10-18-2014
PNA-minutes-09-20-2014
PNA-munites-08-16-2014
PNA-minutes-07-19-2014
no June meeting
PNA-minutes-05-17-2014
PNA-minutes-04-19-2014
PNA-minutes-03-15-2014
PNA-minutes-02-15-2014
PNA-minutes-01-18-2014

 

If you have any questions you want to raise or issues you would like to discuss, please contact PNA so we can add it to the agenda:


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PNA Newsletters

The PNA newsletter will be published 3 to 4 times each year.  In addition, a large postcard is often published before a big neighborhood gathering, such as the annual potluck picnic or the trunk-or-treat. Each mailing will be distributed to residents of the neighborhood as well as local businesses and organizations.  A PDF version of the newsletters and posters will also published on this site.

To contribute information to the newsletter or for questions, please contact Pat Miller:  785-550-6958 or pgmiller@sunflower.com

PNA September 2015 Newsletter
PNA February 2015 Newsletter
PNA August 2014 Newsletter
PPNA February 2014 Newsletter
PNA August 2013 Newsletter
PNA April 2013 Newsletter
PNA January 2013 Newsletter
PNA November 2012 Newsletter
PNA September 2012 newsletter
PNA April 2012 newsletter
PNA February 2012 Newsletter
PNA September 2011 Newsletter
PNA April 2011 Newsletter
PNA January 2011 Newsletter
PNA November 2010 Newsletter
PNA August 2010 Newsletter
PNA April 2010 Newsletter
PNA January 2010 Newsletter
PNA July 2009 Newsletter

Why PNA Mails a Paper Copy of the Newsletter

We’re often asked why we continue to mail the newsletter to people who have signed up for the PNA e-mail list.  We do so because of the mobile nature of residents in the Neighborhood – we want to make sure everyone who lives in or cares about Pinckney Neighborhood gets a copy of the newsletter, even if they have recently moved or changed their e-mail address.  While this is expensive – almost $1,000 per edition – we believe this is the best way to make sure everyone get important Neighborhood information and stays connected.

 

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