{"id":4708,"date":"2025-03-07T00:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T00:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lewiscountyfair.org\/new-york-lewis-county-fair\/?page_id=4708"},"modified":"2025-09-18T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:00:34","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lewiscountyfair.org\/new-york-lewis-county-fair\/our-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4708\" class=\"elementor elementor-4708\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fef3e8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fef3e8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-size-default\">Our Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-542b1c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"542b1c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2afdb44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2afdb44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8469e29\" 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