NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN

Each January, we feature students from Intown’s public schools, private schools and colleges who have given back to their community in a significant way. Over the last seven years, we’ve featured students who have created their own nonprofits, or have given up summer vacation to work domestically and abroad to help the less fortunate. One even helped build a library by collecting books.

The 9th annual 20 Under 20 will appear in our January 2017 issue, and we are now seeking nominations of students ages 19 and younger who have committed themselves to service in the community. Nominations are welcome from teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, siblings, fellow students or community leaders. Here’s the information we need:

• Nominator (name, relationship to nominee and contact information)

• Nominee (Name, age, grade, school, parent or guardian names, contact information)

• Characteristics and service: Please provide a paragraph describing why this nominee deserves recognition. Include service projects, goals, interests and areas of interest to help illustrate your point.

The deadline for nominations is Nov. 4. Please email your nominations to editor Collin Kelley at collin@atlantaintownpaper.com.

The old Georgia Archives building is set to be demolished between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays to make way for the new state court campus. Located in Downtown on Capitol Avenue between the Gold Dome and Turner Field, the archives building –known as the “ice cube” due to its windowless, square design – first opened in 1965 to house Georgia’s important documents and treasures. The state had planned to refurbish the building until engineers discovered the building was sinking because of groundwater and years of interstate construction and traffic. Because it was deemed too expensive to renovate, the Georgia Archives moved to a new facility at Clayton State University in Morrow. The old archive building has been used as a TV and film location ever since, most recently in “Ant Man.”