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Jan. 17, 2025
Contact: Dominique Shank, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, 614-512-0049
Columbus Recreation and Parks Community Centers to Help Residents Keep Warm
COLUMBUS – With bitterly cold temperatures forecasted, Columbus Recreation and Parks will open warming centers at five community centers to give residents a place to keep warm. The following community centers will be open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 - Tuesday, Jan. 21.
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Barnett Community Center, 1184 Barnett Rd., 43227
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Dodge Community Center, 667 Sullivant Ave., 43215
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Linden Community Center, 1350 Briarwood Ave., 43211
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Marion Franklin Community Center, 2801 Lockbourne Rd., 43207
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Thompson Community Center, 1189 Dennison Ave., 43201
All other community centers will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. All community centers will be open during normal business hours beginning Tuesday, Jan. 21; residents can visit any center during normal business hours. Find a community center near you.
Note: The department does reserve the right to activate/deactivate warming center locations as needed.
To stay healthy and safe in extremely cold weather, Columbus Public Health suggests:
- Try to stay indoors. If you must go outdoors, make trips brief, dress in several layers of loose clothing and wear a hat and gloves.
- Stay dry and out of the wind.
- Cover your mouth to protect your lungs from extreme cold.
- Watch for signs of frostbite and hypothermia such as slurred speech, confusion, uncontrollable shivering, stumbling, drowsiness and body temperature of less than 95°. Get immediate medical attention if you think someone has frostbite or hypothermia.
- Keep emergency supplies in your car.
- Check on elderly family, friends and neighbors.
- Bring pets indoors.
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