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After two cold-related deaths, Macon‑Bibb officials opened Brookdale warming center
Summary
An official who identified themself as mayor of Macon‑Bibb County described how two cold-related deaths in December 2020 prompted the community to convert the old Brookdale Elementary into the Brookdale Warming Center and later the Brookdale Resource Center; volunteers, firefighters and county officials aided the effort.
An official who identified themself as mayor of Macon‑Bibb County said December 2020 marked a turning point for the county’s response to cold-weather homelessness after receiving a call from Leon Jones that two men had died of exposure.
"Two men that I remember their names distinctly, have passed away because of the, you know, the temperatures outside," the mayor said, naming Larry Howard and Emmanuel Foster and identifying them as men in their sixties from Macon in Bibb County.
The speaker said those deaths "elevated" sheltering to a top priority. He described rapid…
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