Community centers open to all for warming while extreme cold persists
The Unified Government’s Parks and Recreation Department’s community centers are available to everyone as warming centers during extreme weather or power outages.
While the region continues to experience extremely low temperatures, the community centers are open to homeless persons and anyone else in the community needing a warm shelter Monday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The community centers and their locations:
• Armourdale Community Center
o 730 Osage, Kansas City, KS 66105
• Bethany Community Center
o 1120 Central Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66102
• Eisenhower Recreation Center
o 2901 N. 72nd Street, Kansas City, KS 66109
• Joe E. Amayo Argentine Community Center
o 2810 Metropolitan Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66106
• Beatrice L. Lee Community Center
o 1210 N. 10th Street, Kansas City, KS, 66101
• Patricia Diane Kane Community Center
o 3130 N. 122nd Street, Kansas City, KS 66109
• Kensington Community Center
o 2900 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66102
To view a map of all warming centers in Kansas City, Kansas, visit www.wycokck.org/WarmingCenters.
Those with questions may call 311 for more information.