Enthusiasm for the arts, culture, and history is a metric of social vitality
and economic growth, and a display of energy and abundance.

The Historic Dome Preservation Group intends to acquire the building known as the Dome, and rehabilitate the beloved but derelict building to be opened as an arts and cultural center for the enrichment of Sonora, Tuolumne County, and the region. The revitalized Dome will provide space for classes in the arts, performance space, cultural heritage space, and an art gallery with a permanent collection of locally created art. The new Dome will be a point of community pride, creative exploration, and forward vision.

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The Sonora Union High School District Board of Trustees has rejected the plan submitted by the Historic Dome Preservation Group (HDPG) and have offered no alternative plan to the HDPG.  The plan submitted by the HDPG was designed to transfer

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One characteristic of a thriving community is the presence of a thriving arts and culture community and veneration of the past. Enthusiasm for the arts, culture, and history is a metric of social vitality and economic growth, and a display of energy and abundance. The Historic Dome Preservation Group intends

Look Back at the History of the Dome

In 1882 the people of Sonora realized that their town was more than just a dusty mining town, and like any respectable metropolis they needed a public elementary school. So they acquired some land and buildings above the town on Barretta St. and opened the Sonora Public Elementary School. The

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