{"id":26683,"date":"2020-06-21T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T15:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26683"},"modified":"2020-06-21T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T15:35:04","slug":"eden-project-to-examine-dundee-for-first-scottish-attraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26683","title":{"rendered":"Eden Project to examine Dundee for first Scottish attraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26684\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Eden_Project_Airwolfhound_CC_BY_SA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The company behind the major Eden Project tourist attraction in Cornwall is to begin work on a feasibility study for a proposed new project in Dundee.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Airwolfhound \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Scottish Construction Now<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Dundee City Council\u00a0and the\u00a0University of Dundee\u00a0are to collaborate on the study, which is being supported by businesses and institutions in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal \u2013 provisionally known as\u00a0<em>Eden Project Scotland<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; is part of Eden\u2019s portfolio of international projects which also includes developments in China, Australia, New Zealand and Costa Rica as well as UK projects including in Morecambe, Derry and Portland.<\/p>\n<p>The feasibility study, which is due to commence in early June, will establish a suitable site for the project, begin developing content ideas and explore the potential for creating jobs and boosting the regional economy.<\/p>\n<p>Like every Eden Project around the world, Eden Project Scotland will be transformational and regenerative with an overarching theme of humanity\u2019s connection to the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>The original Eden Project, located near St Austell in Cornwall, opened in March 2001 and boasts the world-famous geodesic Biomes, one of which houses the world\u2019s biggest undercover rainforest&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>John Alexander, Dundee City Council leader, said: \u201cWe are delighted to be working with Eden Project International and our local and national partners on such an exciting collaboration&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishconstructionnow.com\/article\/eden-project-to-examine-dundee-for-first-scottish-attraction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company behind the major Eden Project tourist attraction in Cornwall is to begin work on a feasibility study for a proposed new project in Dundee. image: Airwolfhound \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26685,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26683\/revisions\/26685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}