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Recording of PNA’s October meeting available on our YouTube channel

You may view the recording of PNA’s October meeting on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbACqJNLmso&ab_channel=PinckneyNeighborhoodAssn.

Highlights include:

Russ Johnson, CEO of LMH, updated us on:

👉(1) the fact that LMH is still planning to improve the sidewalk in front of the Crisis Center with lights, plantings, and possibly bench seating BUT it won’t be a curvy “promenade” style sidewalk,

👉(2) the hospital’s desire to see Woody Park ball field moved to the grassy area near Sandra Shaw Park so that the hospital can expand. Neighbors brought up the point that the newly-installed storm drain below the Crisis Center construction area causes bad flooding, which would defeat the purpose of moving the ball field to that location. LMH will try to investigate the situation and come back to PNA with more info.

 

The PNA President and VP addressed resident concerns regarding the way that the homeless encampment project at Woody Park moved forward.

👉Note: The project received City Commission approval at the Oct 6th meeting.

👉Watch this recording to get an understanding of the project’s rapid timeline. Communications about the project were made in a good faith effort.

 

Plus LOTS more!

October 17, 2020 · 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.