{"id":695,"date":"2025-10-29T15:44:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/?p=695"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:53:18","slug":"recap-members-factory-tour-of-koike-aronson-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/niagara\/2025\/10\/29\/recap-members-factory-tour-of-koike-aronson-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Members Factory Tour of Koike Aronson, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"695\" class=\"elementor elementor-695\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2946a50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2946a50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-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-508c6c2\" data-id=\"508c6c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa2a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7aa2a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 10\/29\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>635 W. 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