{"id":9529,"date":"2020-12-08T11:29:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T11:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9529"},"modified":"2020-12-08T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T11:29:10","slug":"innovation-revolution-set-for-western-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/08\/innovation-revolution-set-for-western-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"INNOVATION REVOLUTION SET FOR WESTERN SYDNEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneurs and innovators will have more opportunities to bring ideas to life with Western Sydney to become home to the State\u2019s second Startup Hub.<br \/>\nMinister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the Western Sydney Startup Hub project would cement investment, technology and innovation as the centrepiece of the Government\u2019s COVID-19 Recovery strategy.<br \/>\n\u201cThis new Startup Hub will be an exciting step in activating the historic Parramatta North Heritage Core and is set to provide 1,500 square metres of affordable co-working space and programs to support Western Sydney startups, scaleups and businesses,\u201d Mr Ayres said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt will form part of the revitalised Parramatta North Heritage Core and will honour our past while preparing us for the future, by providing the space to create the jobs of tomorrow.<br \/>\n\u201cIt will draw on the successes of the\u00a0Sydney Startup Hub in the Sydney CBD, which has already housed almost 500 companies, generated more than $280 million in investment and created more than 1,000 jobs.<br \/>\n\u201cThis project will bring the innovation revolution to the heart of Western Sydney, complementing the growth of the broader Westmead Health and Innovation District, including the recently announced Innovation Quarter development, which will deliver over 1,000 jobs and 28,000 square metres of health, research, education and commercial space.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Western Sydney Startup Hub is expected to open in late 2021 following a\u00a0sensitive restoration of the circa 1876 Hospital Spinal Range Building and circa 1892 Kitchen Block.<br \/>\nExpressions of interest to operate and manage the Western Sydney Startup Hub will be open to respondents until 18 December 2020. More information can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsw.gov.au%2Fpreview-link%2Fnode%2F6046%2F4975ee60-0b02-4d1b-a5ae-44aebb486c3f&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJim.Dickins1%40treasury.nsw.gov.au%7Cd09d15f280c9453857c608d88b61332c%7C1ef97a68e8ab44eda16db579fe2d7cd8%7C0%7C0%7C637412596864862893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=kymtlW4zSiecf7pndE1adEO5MwcX8AK0dGB4P%2BvvS0k%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneurs and innovators will have more opportunities to bring ideas to life with Western Sydney to become home to the State\u2019s second Startup Hub. Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said the Western Sydney Startup Hub project would cement investment, technology and innovation as the centrepiece of the Government\u2019s COVID-19 Recovery &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/08\/innovation-revolution-set-for-western-sydney\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;INNOVATION REVOLUTION SET FOR WESTERN SYDNEY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}