Brookdale Resource Center: How It Started, How It’s Changing Lives

Bibb County Community Testimony · March 12, 2026

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Mayor recounts December 2020 call and plan to open warming center

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The speaker, who identified themself as newly elected mayor, said they received a call from Leon Jones in December 2020 after two men died from exposure and that Mayor Elect Lester Miller offered to provide a location and staff to open a warming center; the mayor asked what was needed and said he had blankets and know-how but required a site and employees/volunteers to operate.

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Speakers recounted the creation of a Bibb County community warming center in December 2020 after two people died from exposure; they credited rapid local organizing, partners such as United Way and Salvation Army, and volunteers for moving guests toward housing.

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