Community advocates have criticized thresholds for opening up Denver's warming centers because they are stricter than what the city has had in the past. PattrikPerez reports:
DENVER — As winter weather makes it way toward the metro Thursday and Friday, there are concerns about Denver's new thresholds for activating its warming centers.
If met, the city would use its three dozen recreation centers as warming centers, which means designating an area to be staffed with access to water, restrooms and seating during business hours. "There's really no medical justification given. They had no medical reason for setting the standards at that low of a level," Housekeys Action Network Denver organizer Terese Howard said.
"We have criteria in there ... winter storm watch, six inches or more. Well, if it snows four inches, that's probably not that much better than if it's no six inches," he said."Now that we have the concept of daytime warming or cooling centers, we are going to revisit those thresholds."
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