{"id":21,"date":"2025-09-26T11:32:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/welcometokarstvalley.com\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-01-10T00:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:31:01","slug":"colibri-wp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/welcometokarstvalley.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Karst Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"21-c1\" class=\"style-193 style-local-21-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"21-c2\" id=\"overlappable\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-194 style-local-21-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"21-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-0 gutters-row-md-0 gutters-row-2 gutters-row-v-lg-0 gutters-row-v-md-0 gutters-row-v-2 style-195 style-local-21-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-0 gutters-col-md-0 gutters-col-2 gutters-col-v-lg-0 gutters-col-v-md-0 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-3 h-col-md-3 h-col-12 style-196-outer style-local-21-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"21-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-3 h-px-md-3 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-3 v-inner-md-3 v-inner-2 style-196 style-local-21-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"21-c5\" class=\"h-icon style-197 style-local-21-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/welcometokarstvalley.com\/?page_id=329\" h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\"><span class=\"h-svg-icon h-icon__icon style-197-icon style-local-21-c5-icon\"><!--Icon by Font Awesome (https:\/\/fontawesome.com)-->\n    <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"paper-plane\" viewBox=\"0 0 1792.0013 1896.0833\">\n      <path d=\"M1764 11q33 24 27 64l-256 1536q-5 29-32 45-14 8-31 8-11 0-24-5l-453-185-242 295q-18 23-49 23-13 0-22-4-19-7-30.5-23.5T640 1728v-349l864-1059-1069 925-395-162q-37-14-40-55-2-40 32-59L1696 9q15-9 32-9 20 0 36 11z\"><\/path>\n    <\/svg><\/span><\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"21-c6\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-198 style-local-21-c6 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-198 style-local-21-c6\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h5 class=\"\">Tell us how we&#8217;re doing<\/h5>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"21-c7\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-199 style-local-21-c7 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Your voice matters here. 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community programs to local departments, here\u2019s where you\u2019ll find the resources that keep Karst Valley running.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-3 h-col-md-3 h-col-12 style-200-outer style-local-21-c16-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"21-c16\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-3 h-px-md-3 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-3 v-inner-md-3 v-inner-2 style-200 style-local-21-c16 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"21-c17\" class=\"h-icon style-197 style-local-21-c17 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <a 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