{"id":336,"date":"2026-06-19T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2026-06-19T16:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:16:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"336\" class=\"elementor elementor-336\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-513b06f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"513b06f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d9a567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"3d9a567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">\t\t<section class=\"str-section str-onlight\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"str-bg\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/small-town-restoration\/assets\/images\/hero-downtown.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"str-veil str-veil--cream\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"str-dome\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"str-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"str-reveal\" style=\"text-align:center;max-width:760px;margin:0 auto 10px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"str-eyebrow\" style=\"justify-content:center;\">Our Purpose<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"str-h2\">Restoring more than buildings.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"str-mvh\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"str-mvh__card str-reveal d1\" style=\"--c:#2BB3E0;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"str-mvh__icon\">\u25ce<\/div><h3>Mission<\/h3><p>To restore and reactivate the historic commercial heart of St. Stephen so that local businesses, families, and visitors once again have a downtown worth gathering in.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"str-mvh__card str-reveal d2\" style=\"--c:#E0533D;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"str-mvh__icon\">\u2726<\/div><h3>Vision<\/h3><p>A thriving, walkable Main Street where every restored storefront tells the story of a town that has stood since 1754 \u2014 and intends to stand for centuries more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"str-mvh__card str-reveal d3\" style=\"--c:#D9B45B;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"str-mvh__icon\">\u2302<\/div><h3>History<\/h3><p>Founded in 1754, St. Stephen grew up around its rail line and its Main Street shops. As commerce moved elsewhere the storefronts emptied \u2014 but the brick, the bones, and the live-oak spirit of the town remain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"str-history\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"str-history__media str-reveal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-content\/plugins\/small-town-restoration\/assets\/images\/town-sign.jpg\" alt=\"St. Stephen, South Carolina \u2014 Circa 1754\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"str-history__copy str-reveal d1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"str-eyebrow\">Circa 1754<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"str-h3\">A town worth saving.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The live oak on our town crest has watched St. Stephen change for more than two and a half centuries. The Small Town Restoration project began with a simple belief: a downtown is the memory of a community made visible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Working block by block with residents, business owners, and the Town of St. Stephen, we stabilize historic facades, return ground floors to active use, and reopen doors that have been closed for too long.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"str-btn str-btn--gold\" href=\"#\" style=\"margin-top:8px;\">Fund a restoration <span class=\"str-btn__arrow\">&hearts;<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"str-band str-band--bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"background:#F2C4D6\"><\/span><span style=\"background:#F4DD4D\"><\/span><span style=\"background:#6BA8D6\"><\/span><span style=\"background:#E59B8C\"><\/span><span style=\"background:#2E5E4E\"><\/span><span style=\"background:#D9B45B\"><\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/section>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.restoremytown.org\/Dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}