Press Release - Warming Center - 11/13/26

Published on November 13, 2026

Albany, GA – On Friday, November 13, Saturday, November 14, and Sunday, November 15, the City of Albany will activate Operation Safe Place to provide people with a warm place to stay overnight.  

According to the current forecast, cold temperatures are expected Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights.

The Albany Transit Center at 300 W. Oglethorpe Boulevard will be open from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as a warming center and will resume regular operations beginning at 7 a.m. the following day during this time. The Transit Center will be closed after 7 a.m. on Sunday morning until it reopens that evening as a warming center.

We will continue to monitor the weather to see if the warming center will need to be extended or any additional days will need to be included.

For more information, please call (229) 431-3266, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., or after hours and weekends, call (229) 854-9482.

Anybody wishing to donate can deliver it to one of the fire stations Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. For a list of fire stations and the types of donations accepted, please see the flyer below.