City of Palmerston sought community feedback on the proposal for introducing pop-up dining into Palmerston’s public spaces. 

Also called street food or mobile food vendors, pop-up dining may take different forms but usually refers to selling takeaway-style food on a regular basis from a temporary stall, booth, cart, truck or van in a public space.

Potential initial locations include: 

• Sanctuary Lakes, Gunn 
• Marlow Lagoon Recreation Area
• University Lake in The Heights, Durack 
• Goyder Square, CBD

Council wants to explore the potential benefits of promoting and encouraging pop up dining such as:

• activate and revitalise public spaces in the CBD and parkland areas
• encourage tourism by increasing the number of Territory locals visiting Palmerston
• improve safety in areas that are activated by the pop-up dining enterprises through passive surveillance
• enhance the sense of community and increase social interaction for Palmerston residents, community groups and businesses by providing unique, outdoor dining experiences
• encourage novel and creative entrepreneurial activities such as start-up food businesses to potentially stimulate the local economy
• build social capital pride in Palmerston

Council is undertaking community consultation to evaluate the level of community support for pop-up dining in Palmerston, seek feedback on the perceived advantages and disadvantages this initiative and identify potential suitable sites for pop-up dining.

Consultation 

The consultation was open for public feedback from 19 September - 2 November 2018.

 At its ordinary meeting on 11 December 2018, Council decided to trial Pop-Up Dining at Sanctuary Lake during the 2019 Dry Season.

Key documentation

Fact sheet
Discussion paper
FAQs 
Media release_Palmerston Tests the Waters with Pop-Up Dining