With so much attention focused on closing the estimated $150 million budget gap in Montpelier as the new legislative session opens, it might be east to overlook the fact that the building where all the political machinations will be parsed over is 150 years old.
But as curator of the Vermont Statehouse, David Schutz is very aware of the milestone. Along with Nancy Price-Graff, he’s written about it in a new book coming out this spring. It’s called "Intimate Grandeur", and David Schutz spoke with us recently from Montpelier about the way it reflects 150 years under the Golden Dome.
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