{"id":37204,"date":"2019-10-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/no-small-matter-summit-gets-big-response-3\/"},"modified":"2019-10-18T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:00:00","slug":"no-small-matter-summit-gets-big-response-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/no-small-matter-summit-gets-big-response-3\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;No Small Matter&#8221; Summit Gets Big Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>On Oct. 10, <strong>thread <\/strong>hosted <em>No Small Matter: A Summit on the Economic Impact of Early Care and Learning in Alaska<\/em> at the Marriott<br \/>\n    Anchorage Downtown. 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