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Archive for June, 2023

Thank you!

Thanks to all who donated food and/or funds at the PNA Pancake Brunch last weekend! Your generosity is deeply appreciated! We have such wonderful neighbors ❤

June 29, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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PNA Pancake Brunch TOMORROW! Plus Upcoming School Board & City Commission Candidate Forums + More

Read this special PNA e-newsletter for all the Pancake Brunch details, get info on school board and city commission candidate forums in July, and learn how you can help shape the City’s budget! https://mailchi.mp/638428f23f57/pancakebrunch23

June 23, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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PNA Pancake Brunch – Saturday, 6/24, at Clinton Park

Join us on Saturday, June 24, from 10am to 12pm for pancakes in the park! See old friends, meet new neighbors, and enjoy good food in great company at Clinton Park shelter (901 W 5th St) courtesy of Pinkney Neighborhood Association. Everyone who lives in the Pinkney Neighborhood is automatically a member of the Pinkney […]

June 14, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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PNA June News – Monthly Meeting on Saturday, 6/17!

Join us THIS Saturday, 6/17, for our June PNA meeting!  We’ll discuss updates re: the City’s planned Pallet Village (and their continuing communication issues in relation to this topic), and finalize plans for our awesome upcoming PNA Pancake Brunch scheduled for Saturday, June 24. See the June edition of our e-newsletter for meeting details and […]

June 14, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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• Helpful Lawrence Area Links

  • Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
  • City of Lawrence, Kansas
  • Heartland Community Health Center
  • Just Food Douglas County
  • Lawrence – Douglas County Health Department
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital
  • Lawrence See-Click-Fix Reporting for Potholes, Parks Issues, Etc.
  • Pinckney Elementary School

• Other Neighborhood Associations

  • Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods
  • Brook Creek
  • Delaware Street Commons
  • East Lawrence
  • North Lawrence
  • Old West Lawrence
  • Oread
  • Sunset Hills
  • University Place
  • Schwegler

• 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.