{"id":19,"date":"2016-10-19T12:14:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2020-10-07T09:36:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T13:36:19","slug":"about-the-plate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/about-the-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE PLATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\tKeep the sand in your shoes all year long.<br \/>\n\t<\/h1>\n<h3>MAKING CAPE COD &#038; THE ISLANDS <br \/>A BETTER PLACE<\/h3>\n<p>Revenues from the plate help to make the Cape &amp; Islands a better place to live and visit! Plate revenues support grants, loans, the arts, environmentally compatible economic development programs and the growth of our year-round economy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/who-it-helps\/\">Click here to visit our Beneficiaries Page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Introduced in 1996, the Cape &amp; Islands license plate features Nauset Light in Eastham (considered one of the most picturesque and photographed lighthouses in America), along with the cliffs of Siasconset in Nantucket and Gay Head on Martha\u2019s Vineyard. The plate captures the distinct beauty of this coastal region, and is the perfect way to keep alive cherished memories of sandcastles and seashells, flip flops and fried clams.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Read below for some comments from our \u201cAmbassadors\u201d as to why they love their Cape &amp; Islands Plate! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like that I can be an ambassador for The Cape &amp; Islands wherever I travel. People ask about the unique plate and I can tell them about the beautiful area I call home.\u201d \u2014 Janice<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like a club! I ALWAYS look for them off Cape! I love to see the Cape and Islands plates when traveling&#8230;.Florida, New York, New Hampshire, etc.\u201d \u2014 Gina<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife and I worked most of our adult life in the hopes of one day moving from Pennsylvania to the Cape, where we vacationed every year with our three daughters. Our C&amp;I plates are an indication that we have arrived.\u201d \u2014 Bob<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt symbolizes raising our children by the ocean and the joy it now brings to see our granddaughter riding the waves at South Cape Beach! It is in your blood from generation to generation!\u201d \u2014 Jane<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMine is handed down from my father-in-law. It means the next generation of family on the cape. I hope to pass it on to one of my kids.\u201d \u2014 Carrie<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is like a special club&#8230;..like having a beach sticker on your car. It\u2019s the feeling of summertime!\u201d \u2014 Joanne<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditional fees go to improving Cape Cod, &amp; allows people to display their loyalty in a non-tacky way.\u201d \u2014 Tom<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing I did after we bought our house on the Cape was get Cape &amp; Islands Plate to show my love and support of the Cape! And I love how my car looks with the plates!\u201d \u2014 Julie<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy plates are a driving advertisement. I drive all over the country and people ask where is Cape Cod? So I get to tell them all about Cape Cod and how they should visit. My plates make great conversations with people from all over.\u201d \u2014 Lila<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Barnstable County\u00a0 \u2022 Cape Cod Economic Development Council, Inc. \u2022 <\/p>\n<p>Community Development Partnership \u2022 Dukes County \u2022 Nantucket County<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a9 2020 Cape &amp; Islands Plate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep the sand in your shoes all year long. MAKING CAPE COD &#038; THE ISLANDS A BETTER PLACE Revenues from the plate help to make the Cape &amp; Islands a better place to live and visit! Plate revenues support grants, loans, the arts, environmentally compatible economic development programs and the growth of our year-round economy.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.capeandislandsplate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}