LACONIA ― The Belknap County Warming Center, operated by Lakes Region Mental Health Center, served 58 individuals from Dec. 6, 2026, through March 29. The Center has operated for three years, offering a safe and warm place for unhoused people during the coldest winter months. The average daily attendance was 20 guests on weekdays, and 27 guests on weekends.
Currently located on McGrath Street in Laconia, the Warming Center management is looking for a new location next winter, as the current building is under new ownership.
“We are looking for a central location, that is easy to walk to. We want to enter a collaboration with a community partner or a business who has the space and shares our mission to help our most vulnerable neighbors,” said President and CEO Maggie Pritchard.
Lakes Region Mental Health Center, Inc. is the New Hampshire-designated community mental health center serving Belknap and southern Grafton Counties. A private, nonprofit corporation, LRMHC has two campuses in Laconia and Plymouth that provide a comprehensive array of services, including 24/7 emergency services to anyone in the community experiencing a mental health crisis, and Open Access hours for adults at the Laconia location on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8:30-11 a.m.
For more information, call 603-524-1100 and ask for Nicole Fitts, Warming Center manager.
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