As temperatures across the metro Atlanta area begin to feel more like winter, Frontline Response warming centers in DeKalb County are activating for double duty. In addition to sheltering people from the cold, the organization is preparing to take in unhoused residents affected by a recent ban on urban camping.
At its main shelter on Gresham Road, which holds 400 beds, crews began loading vans with cots and other supplies to stock warming centers set to open across the county as overnight temperatures drop below 35 degrees.
Frontline Response National CEO Terry Tucker said the nonprofit has several warming centers ready to receive unhoused people across the county…