{"id":166,"date":"2020-08-20T11:30:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westfieldunionmb.com\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2023-03-28T15:37:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T19:37:01","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westfieldunionmb.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"166\" class=\"elementor elementor-166\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ef2f1a elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"2ef2f1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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