City of Dallas expands emergency warming center hours

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 17, 2021

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City of Dallas expands emergency warming center hours

DALLAS - The City of Dallas continues operating a warming center at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD), 650 S Griffin St.

The warming center is a 24-hour intake and is now open until further notice. Residents can access the warming center on Canton Street (pass the guard shack and The Black Academy of Arts and Letters). The warming center is located in Exhibit Hall A. Residents will be provided a chair and table, and should bring in meals for themselves and their family if they are able to. Water, coffee and light snacks will be made available. The warming center is not an overnight shelter and cots will not be provided.

A COVID-19 screening will be required at sign-in. No ID is required. The warming center is set-up for proper social distancing, mask usage is required.

The City of Dallas continues identifying City resources such as recreation centers and libraries to be used as neighborhood warming centers and is working with Oncor to prioritize the sites for power restoration and exemption from rolling blackouts.

Note for media: Media may visit and shoot outside the City-run shelter at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas, but can’t go inside for guests’ privacy. Media may interview anyone who may be willing to speak outside.

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