The Historic Dome Preservation Group has been eager to attain the historic building from the Sonora Union High School District since December of 2018, however the District has been preoccupied with several other more immediate issues. However, recently the District has placed the disposition of the building at a higher priority and has made several positive moves to advance the process of disposing of this surplus property. The Dome and the two classroom wings north of the Dome building have again been declared surplus property and have been available to various governmental entities for acquisition, for the past three months, but the District has received no notice of interest. The property is now available to the general public. The District has had a land survey done and is having the surplus property appraised. When the appraisal is complete it will be made public and we will then submit an offer. This will probably occur in February of 2023.
The Historic Dome Preservation Group will soon be reaching out to the public to support the School Board of Trustees and the HDPG in the agreement we develop with the District. Additionally, we will be starting a fund raising campaign to pay the expenses of acquiring the property and to repair the leaking Dome building roof.