Former border wall shipping containers now solar-powered cooling centers
Repurposing the shipping containers is part of Gov. Katie Hobbs' plan to provide more respite from the dangerous heat. Two shipping containers, formerly used by former Gov. Doug Ducey as a quasi border wall, have been transformed into solar-powered cooling centers near downtown Phoenix, as part of Gov. Katie Hobbs' plan to provide more respite from the heat following last summer's hot and deadly weather. The containers were designed and constructed by Steel + Spark, the Phoenix company behind the shipping-container homeless shelters at St. Vincent de Paul. The remaining containers will be used as cooling centers from 8am to 8pm through September by The Arizona Faith Network. The state is using federal funds to repurpose some of the remaining containers into 18 cooling facilities, with the first two opened to the public earlier this month and the remaining 18 will be deployed across the state over time.
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The solar-powered cooling container at 16th Avenue and Jefferson Street. Photo: Jessica Boehm/Axios
Two shipping containers have been transformed into solar-powered cooling centers near downtown Phoenix. Why it matters: The centers are part of Gov. Katie Hobbs' plan to provide more respite from the dangerous heat following last summer's historically hot and deadly weather.
The intrigue: The shipping containers were previously used by former Gov. Doug Ducey as a quasi border wall in 2022.
• Ducey agreed to take down the containers in January 2023, days before he left office.
• Hobbs later auctioned some of them and sold others to government entities and nonprofits.
State of play: The state is using federal funds to repurpose some of the remaining containers into 18 cooling facilities.
• The first two opened to the public earlier this month at 19th Avenue and Adams Street and at 16th Avenue and Jefferson Street.
• The Arizona Faith Network will operate them as cooling centers from 8am to 8pm through September, according to the governor's office.
Zoom in: These containers were designed and constructed by Steel + Spark, the Phoenix company behind the shipping-container homeless shelters that debuted at St. Vincent de Paul last year.
Zoom out: The other 16 cooling containers will be deployed across the state "over time," including at five state prisons, the governor's office told Axios.
المواضيع: Social Issues, Immigration