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PNA Annual Meeting and Election of Officers – Saturday, Feb. 17th

Lawrence-Douglas County Health Dept./Bert Nash
200 Maine St. / 1^st Floor Meeting Room

Everyone who lives in the Pinckney Neighborhood is automatically a member of the Pinckney Neighborhood Association. Everyone is encouraged to attend the monthly PNA Meetings and to run for office or work on a committee!  Officer elections are held during the February meeting and we welcome new member participation. The Vice President and Secretary positions will be open for election.

Help spread the word: If you have a neighbor that may be interested in getting involved please encourage them to attend the next meeting, sign up for the PNA E-news or contact us at pinckney.neighborhood@gmail.com.

Additionally, we will have guests Shannon Oury from the Lawrence-Douglas Housing Authority discussing a proposed housing project with Bert Nash and a representative from the KU Big Event to discuss this year’s volunteer work day.

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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.