These severe weather shelters, warming centers to open for Thursday’s storm
DENVER (KDVR) — The Pinpoint Weather team is looking at potentially a foot of snow to accumulate in Colorado by the end of the workweek. In response, the city of Denver is opening more shelters and warming centers for the incoming cold.
Denver is expecting a change as soon as Wednesday night. It will start with rain, which will turn into snow overnight. Thursday is expected to have most of the winter weather, with some snow heading into Friday morning.
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Due to the expected winter weather, Denver is opening up severe weather shelters and warming centers from Wednesday to Saturday.
Severe weather shelters open
Denver Department of Housing Stability announced it will open severe weather shelters from 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, to 9 a.m. Saturday, March 16.
People experiencing homelessness should walk up to the locations directly. These locations include:
McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave.
The Stone Creek Shelter (former Best Western hotel), 4595 Quebec St. – this shelter is accepting pets
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The city is also expanding its “front door” shelter access capacity for the cold.
Individual men – Lawrence Street Community Center,
2222 Lawrence St.Individual women – Samaritan House, 2301 Lawrence St.
Youth ages 15-20 – Urban Peak, 2100 Stout St.
Families in need of shelter should call the Connection Center at 303-295-3366
Warming centers open
Due to the storm’s impact, Denver is also opening up warming centers during the day.
All currently operating recreation centers will open as warming centers during daytime hours on Thursday, March 14 and Friday, March 15.
Denver Parks and Recreation will open all currently operating recreation centers as daytime warming centers during regular business hours on Thursday and Friday
Although they’re not usually warming centers, open Denver Public Library locations are available to the public as a place to warm up during the cold
The Red Cross opened several locations as well:
Douglas County Fairgrounds – Kirk Hall, 500 Fairgrounds Rd., Castle Rock
Opens at 7 a.m. on Thursday, March 14
Fox Ridge Middle School – 26301 E. Arapahoe Rd., Aurora
Opens at 7 a.m. on March 14 and on March 15
St. Peter Catholic Church – 55 Jefferson St., Monument
Warming center with water and snacks, opens at 7 p.m. Thursday
Goal High School – 11990 Swingline Road, Falcon
Warming center with water and snacks, opens at 7 p.m. Thursday
Places in Colorado will be hit hard by the snow. Stay up to date on the latest forecast.
Denver, Colorado weather resources
Stay prepared for storms and forecast changes, a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day and other important weather information:
The Pinpoint Weather team will continue to update the forecast multiple times each day.
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