{"id":53740,"date":"2023-10-20T16:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/new-ideas-pop-up-in-melbourne-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:24:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:24:48","slug":"new-ideas-pop-up-in-melbourne-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/new-ideas-pop-up-in-melbourne-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"New ideas pop up in Melbourne &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"110\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/start-up-idea-pop-up-park.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"start-up-idea-pop-up-park\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18038\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/start-up-idea-pop-up-park.jpg\" align=\"right\" width=\"90\" height=\"110\" \/>Pop-up parks, art shows and bars are the way to give Melburnians breathing space, an expert says, highlighting a huge array of business opportunities for entrepreneurs.   <span id=\"more-5006\"><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to University of Melbourne landscape architecture lecturer Heike Rahmann, pocket-sized chill-out spots are ever more vital as Melbourne\u2019s population puts the squeeze on space.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rahmann says railway reserves and idle development sites are primed for conversion to hangouts designed for a good time, not a long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle agrees pop-ups in disused spaces are a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city already programs a number of pop-up initiatives on public land through our street trading, events and arts programs. These\u2026 give vibrancy to our city,\u201d Doyle says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve got an eye for architecture or quirky concepts, transforming a disused space by way of a pop-up store could be the perfect way to start a business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop-up parks, art shows and bars are the way to give Melburnians breathing space, an expert says, highlighting a huge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}