{"id":34720,"date":"2023-03-29T05:50:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T19:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vennu.com.au\/blog\/?p=34720"},"modified":"2025-04-20T18:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T07:36:57","slug":"media-release-vennu-opening-up-under-utilised-halls-to-a-new-demographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/media-release-vennu-opening-up-under-utilised-halls-to-a-new-demographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Release: Vennu opening up under-utilised halls to a new demographic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row header_feature=&#8221;yes&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;90&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;50&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space]<div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\" style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vennu.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMD_2023_03_30_MAIN_BOOK_008_1680558030134.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\" \">  <figure class=\"grve-hover-style-1 grve-image-hover grve-zoom-in\">    <div class=\"grve-media\">      <div class=\"grve-hover-overlay grve-bg-dark grve-opacity-60\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/B90245D6-B012FD394266-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"MERCURY NEWS PHOTO TAKEN 29th of March 2023. Photo shows Revd Geoffrey Flynn from the Wesley Church on the Mall with Church Office Administrator Rachael McGarry and Suzanne Campbell from tech company Vennu. The church has teamed up with the Berry-based start up to rent out its church for a variety of uses. Story: Connor Pearce. Photo: Adam McLean\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/B90245D6-B012FD394266-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/B90245D6-B012FD394266-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/B90245D6-B012FD394266-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/B90245D6-B012FD394266-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/B90245D6-B012FD394266-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/B90245D6-B012FD394266-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>    <\/div>    <figcaption>      <div class=\"grve-image-content\"><h6 class=\"grve-title grve-text-light\">Media Release: Vennu opening up under-utilised halls to a new demographic<\/h6><span class=\"grve-caption grve-text-light\">When Kiama band KESMAR was looking for a venue, the auditorium at the back of Wollongong Uniting Church wasn't the first spot that came to mind....<\/span>      <\/div>    <\/figcaption>  <\/figure><\/a><\/div><div class=\"grve-element grve-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.illawarramercury.com.au\/story\/8140324\/kiama-band-uses-berry-start-up-to-rent-out-wollongong-church-hall\/?cs=3737\" title=\"Media Release - Vennu opening up under-utilised halls to a new demographic\" class=\"grve-btn grve-btn-medium grve-square grve-bg-primary-5 grve-bg-hover-black\"><span>Read full article<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row header_feature=&#8221;yes&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;90&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;50&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":34721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}