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Atlanta opening warming centers through morning

December 22, 2022 Atlanta - People get settled at the Old Adamsville Recreation Center warming center on Thursday, December 22, 2022. The City of Atlanta recently announced to open multiple warming centers as temperatures drop across metro Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

December 22, 2022 Atlanta - People get settled at the Old Adamsville Recreation Center warming center on Thursday, December 22, 2022. The City of Atlanta recently announced to open multiple warming centers as temperatures drop across metro Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
By Wilborn P. Nobles III
Jan 23, 2023

Atlanta is opening two emergency warming centers today in anticipation of frigid temperatures.

The centers will open Monday at 8 p.m. until Tuesday at 6 a.m.

The warming centers are located at Old Adamsville Recreation Center at 3404 Delmar Ln. N.W., and Central Park at 400 Merritts Ave. N.E.

Transportation will be provided to both locations beginning at 8 p.m. on both nights from the Gateway Center, located at 275 Pryor St. SW, with return transportation upon closure. Additional buses will be scheduled, as needed.

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Wilborn P. Nobles III covers Atlanta City Hall for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He began covering DeKalb County Schools for The AJC in November 2020. He previously covered Baltimore County for The Baltimore Sun and education for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. He interned at the Washington Post. He graduated from Louisiana State University.

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