Cooling center was opened in the civic center last week, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., though, since the building is usually open until about 9.p.m. anyone needing cooling in the evening could certainly duck in there. I spoke to a couple of city staff yesterday and was told a grand total of zero people had made use of it, as far as they knew. During last year's heat wave (and there was one), two people made use of it. Generally, the civic center cooling area has seen little to no use when opened up during heat waves.
While it is certainly a nice offering, the civic center is also too far away from the east side of the city were most of the residents live that would best make use of it. Churches on the near eastern side of the city opening their doors to those without air conditioning would help much more.
While it is certainly a nice offering, the civic center is also too far away from the east side of the city were most of the residents live that would best make use of it. Churches on the near eastern side of the city opening their doors to those without air conditioning would help much more.
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