Grand Opening Celebration

In January 2023, the ARDC relocated to a brand-new building just down the road from the original building in St. Albans. A grand opening celebration for the new ARDC was held on May 11, 2023, with many dignitaries from Vermont state and local delegations attending, including Vermont Agency of Transportation Secretary Joe Flynn, seen at left in the above photo with G&W CEO Jack Hellmann (center) and St. Albans Mayor Tim Smith.

The new ARDC features a museum space in the lobby of the entrance to the center. Jim Murphy (seated at the desk above), who worked as a dispatcher in St. Albans from the 1950s to the 1980s, has loaned many items for the museum to display, including a working dispatcher’s desk from 1914 and historical photographs of the original building and operation.