ATLANTA — With a freeze warning for north Georgia, including metro Atlanta, area agencies are making sure the unhoused have a place to warm up.
Here is a list of warming centers in the area. Channel 2 Action News will add to this list as we learn more:
Channel 2 Action News This Morning will have more on the bitter cold moving into the area.
ATLANTA
- Gateway Center, 275 Pryor Street SW.
- Central Park Recreation Center, 400 Merritts Ave. NE.
- Old Adamsville Recreation Center, 3404 Delmar Ln NW.
CHEROKEE COUNTY
- Woodstock: Woodstock City Church, 150 Ridgewalk Pkwy., East Entrance
Area churches in partnership with the Homeless Coalition of Cherokee County are opening an emergency warming station on Monday, Nov. 10.
Arrive between 6 and 8 p.m. Depart by 8 a.m.
CLAYTON COUNTY
- Jonesboro: Clayton County Police Department Headquarters Community Room (Warming Center), 7911 North McDonough Street
- Riverdale: Anointed Vision of Hope (Shelter), 8049 Webb Road
COBB COUNTY
- Marietta: The Hope House Shelter, 1297 Bells Ferry Road.
DEKALB COUNTY
The centers will be open 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday:
- Atlanta: Frontline Response International, 2585 Gresham Rd SE,
- Chamblee: St. Vincent de Paul, 2050-C Chamblee Tucker Rd,
- Decatur: Mason Mill Recreation Center, 1340 McConnell Dr.; Exchange Park Intergenerational Center, 2771 Columbia Dr.; Golden Door Warming Center (Women & Children), 2944 Ember Dr.
All transportation routes originate from Frontline Response Headquarters (2585 Gresham Rd SE, Atlanta) and are scheduled for initial pickups to be completed by 7:30 p.m. Following the initial routes, final sweeps will continue from 7:30 p.m. until 10 p.m., ending promptly at 10 p.m.
FOREST PARK
Forest Park Recreation Center, 803 Forest Pkwy., will be open to residents as part of the city’s cold weather sheltering plan.
Doors will open beginning at 9 p.m. Sunday and will remain open until 8 a.m. Monday. The warming station will reopen on Monday at 9 p.m. and remain open until 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
GWINNETT COUNTY
Five warming stations are opening Sunday, from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.:
- Buford: Buford Senior Center, 2755 Sawnee Ave. Bus route 101 I-985, stop 19 or Bus route 50, stop 5047
- Duluth: Shorty Howell Park Activity Building, 2750 Pleasant Hill Road. Bus route 10B, stop 542 and 108
- Norcross: Best Friend Park Gym, 6224 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Bus route 35, stop 407 and 906
- Snellville: Gwinnett Community Resource Center at Bethany Church Road, 3025 Bethany Church Road. Bus route 70, stop 7010 and 7023. Snellville microtransit
- Lawrenceville: Lawrenceville Senior Center, 225 Benson St., Bus route 40, stop 836 and 337, Lawrenceville microtransit
For more details, visit GwinnettCounty.com/WarmingStations or call 770-822-8850.
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