Warming centers opening as overnight lows approach freezing
ATLANTA - Governments in metro Atlanta are opening warming stations as overnight temperatures dip to frigid levels.
The low on Monday was 30 degrees, and the temperature is expected to dip back below freezing by Tuesday morning.
The city of Atlanta announced it would open a warming center at 11 p.m. Monday through 7 a.m. Tuesday morning at the Old Adamsville Recreation Center at 3404 Delmar Lane. Transportation is available from the Gateway Center at 275 Pryor Street.
Beginning Monday, the warming stations In Gwinnett County will be available from 6 p.m. until 7 a.m. Temperatures must be 35 degrees and below and people who visit the sites can warm up and eat at these five locations:
- Best Friend Park Gym, 6224 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Norcross (Bus route 35, stop 407 and 906)
- Buford Senior Center, 2755 Sawnee Avenue, Buford (Bus route 101 I-985, stop 19)
- Centerville Senior Center, 3075 Bethany Church Road, Snellville
- Lawrenceville Senior Center, 225 Benson Street, Lawrenceville (Bus route 40, stop 836 and 337)
- Shorty Howell Park Activity Building, 2750 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth (Bus route 10B, stop 542 and 108)
Douglasville will have a warming center open Monday and Tuesday night at the police department community room located at 2083 Fairburn Road from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.
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