<div style="margin-top: 20px;"><img src="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/citylogo-comm-rel.png" alt="City of Columbia Missouri Community Relations" width="175" height="101" style="margin-right: 5px;">
<img src="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/spaceholder.png" alt="" role="presentation" width="106" height="116" style="float: right; margin-right: 0px; margin-left:20px;">
<div style="padding-top:40px;
text-align:center;">
<p style="font-weight:bold; display: inline; line-height:150%; font-size: 115%;">P.O. BOX 6015 COLUMBIA, MO 65205</p></div>
</div>
<div style="clear:both; text-align:center; padding-top: 20px;">
<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">January 18, 2020</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Lucio Bitoy IV
<br />Community Relations Specialist
<br />Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
<br />Lucio.Bitoy@CoMo.gov
<br />573.874.7632
<br />
<br />Brian Adkisson
<br />Communications and Marketing Manager
<br />Community Relations
<br />City of Columbia
<br />Brian.Adkisson@CoMo.gov
<br />573.874.7330</p>
</div>
<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City of Columbia to open temporary overnight warming center at Wabash Bus Station at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Due to the National Weather Service (NWS) forecast for unseasonably cold weather below 9 degrees Fahrenheit between the hours of 7 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 19 and 7 a.m., Monday, Jan. 20, the City of Columbia will open a temporary overnight warming center at the Wabash Bus Station (126 N. Tenth Street). The overnight warming center will serve as a resource for individuals unable to access local emergency shelter services. City staff will continue working closely with emergency shelter providers to ensure low barrier access to overnight emergency shelter as the preferred option for persons experiencing unsheltered homelessness. <br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) also coordinates a network of warming centers in the community during cold weather; these centers a
re available to the general public during the building’s normal business hours. <br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia's regular warming centers include the following locations. Please note the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Monday may impact hours.</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Activity and Recreation Center (ARC) at 1707 W. Ash St. - 573.874.7700</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Armory Sports and Community Center at 701 E. Ash St. - 573.874.7466</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boone County Government Center at 801 E. Walnut St. - 573.886.4305</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia/Boone County PHHS at 1005 W. Worley St. - 573.874.7488</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Mall at 2300 Bernadette Drive - 573.445.8458</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Columbia Public Library at 100 W. Broadway - 573.443.3161</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Salvation Army at 1108 W. Ash St. - 573.442.3229</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Salvation Army Harbor House at 602 N. Ann St. - 573.442.1984 </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital is also initiating a Warm Haven program for sheltering Veterans overnight during extreme cold conditions as community shelters are limited during evening and early morning hours. Warm Haven will operate from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. this weekend. The shelter is open to Veterans and their immediate families. Veterans will be required to sign a roster and must remain in the hospital area. To access the facility located at 800 Hospital Drive, enter through the main hospital doors and use phone to request entry. More information is available by calling the hospital at 573.814.6000.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Additional information on warming centers can be found at como.gov/health/human-services/warming-and-cooling-centers/.</span></p></div>
<br />
<div class="content"></div>
<br />
<div class="attachments"></div>
</div>
<div id="footerline">
<div style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align:center;"><p>City of Columbia Vision<br>
<em>Columbia is the best place for everyone to live, work, learn and play.</em></p>
<p>City of Columbia Mission<br>
<em>To serve the public through democratic, transparent and efficient government.</em></p>
</div>
<p style="text-align:center;">-30-</p>
</div>
<style>
#pressrelease table, #pressrelease th, #pressrelease td{
border: 0px;
}
#pressrelease{ margin:20px; margin-top: 0px;}
.attachments{margin-top: -10px;}
@media print {
body {font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
#pressrelease{ margin: 0px; }
}
</style><p>______________________________________________________</p>
<p>You have received this message because you subscribe to the City of Columbia's Web Mail service. To view linked material click on provided links or copy and paste them into your browser's address menu.</p>
<p>______________________________________________________</p>
<p>Archived press releases can be viewed online at:
http://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/directory.php</p>
<p>______________________________________________________</p>
<p>If you would like to stop receiving messages, modify list options, or subscribe to other lists visit the Web Mail section of our Web site and follow the instructions provided at http://www.como.gov/Web_Mail/ </p><style>div{margin: 10px;}</style>