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Kanawha Valley Collective says warming centers served about 110 people nightly during extreme cold
Summary
Tracy Strickland told Charleston City Council the collective and partners averaged about 110 people per night in January at warming centers, kept one site open 60 continuous hours during the ice event, and appealed for continued city support; the data are preliminary with duplicates still being cleaned.
Tracy Strickland, a representative of the Kanawha Valley Collective, told Charleston City Council on Feb. 2 that the city's winter warming centers have been heavily used during a prolonged cold snap and urged continued support for the program.
Strickland said the centers and partner sites saw an average of about “110 people a night” in January, with a low of 88 on Jan. 30 and a high of 128 on Jan. 27. She added that staff and volunteers kept one site open for 60 continuous hours…
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