Press Release - Warming Center to Open - 1/23/26
Published on January 23, 2026
Albany, GA – On Sunday, January 25, 2026, the City of Albany will activate Operation Safe Place to provide people with a warm place to stay overnight through Wednesday, February 4th.
According to the current forecast, freezing temperatures are expected overnight beginning Sunday and lasting through the beginning of February.
The Albany Transit Center at 300 W. Oglethorpe Boulevard will be open from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. beginning Sunday and will resume regular operations beginning at 7 a.m. the following day during this time. The Transit Center will be closed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, January 30th. It will reopen at 6 p.m. 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 if 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 make a donation 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 their addresses, please visit albanyga.gov/FireStation. Donations can also be dropped off during the City’s job fair on Wednesday, January 28th, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., at the Albany Civic Center, 100 W. Oglethorpe Boulevard.