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Rhodri Harrison

Neglected corner of Swansea city centre to be transformed into food and drink venue with pop up bars and street food

Four new pop-up food and drink venues are set to be introduced at a deserted area of Swansea.

The venues which are being introduced for local business start ups would take home in the former St David's Shopping Centre.

Alongside the proposed new food and drink venues, a community container will also be introduced for the use of schools, community groups and Swansea Council.

There is a temporary two-year plan in place for the site with a pop-up park with the aims of bringing more greenery to the city centre.

The pop-up park will include a rain garden and a mixture of planting, living roofs, seating and bike shelters developed by Swansea Council, Natural Resources Wales and Urban Foundry.

Swansea Council's Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Investment and Tourism said: "The pop-up food and drink and community container units are part of a temporary two-year plan for the former St David's Shopping Centre site, pending its exciting regeneration in the longer-term as part of our Shaping Swansea initiative."

"Combined with the pop-up park, this temporary scheme will bring more vibrancy, greenery, activity and biodiversity to a site that's a key link between the city centre and our emerging Copr Bay phase one district. "

"Subject to the award of planning consent, marketing for the food and drink units will soon start, with a focus on local start-up businesses to further support our local economy."

The pop-up park features and container units are being flexibly designed, allowing re-use in the the city centre.

St David's Shopping Centre was built in 1982 but by the mid 1990s it was in a sorry state with many unoccuplied units. It was demolished in 2012.

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