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Dec. 12, 2025
Contact: Kerry Francis, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, 614-908-5834
Columbus Recreation and Parks Community Centers to Help Residents Stay Warm
COLUMBUS – With bitterly cold temperatures, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department will open warming centers at five community centers to provide residents with a place to stay warm. The following community centers will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14, and Monday, Dec. 15:
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Barnett Community Center, 1184 Barnett Road, 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 Road, 43207
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Thompson Community Center, 1189 Dennison Ave., 43201
All community centers will be open on Monday; residents can visit any center during normal business hours. Find a community center and check hours.
Note: The department will activate/deactivate warming center locations as needed, such as in the event of a power outage.
To stay healthy and safe in extremely cold weather:
- 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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