Providence proves to be suited for pop-ups

Updated at 1:40 p.m. on Nov. 25.

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DISHING IT OUT: Brian O’Donnell, standing right, partner and chef at Giusto PVD at Track 15 in Providence, leads a pop-up cooking class at Track 15 earlier this year. Jan Dane, standing left, owner of Stock Culinary Goods, acts as moderator. Another series of pop-up cooking classes at Track 15 has been scheduled for February and March. The series, called Station Tastings, is a partnership of Track 15, Stock Culinary Goods and PopUp Rhody, a service for listing, sharing and discovering pop-up events and temporary retail spaces for independent businesses. / 
COURTESY POPUP RHODY
DISHING IT OUT: Brian O’Donnell, standing right, partner and chef at Giusto PVD at Track 15 in Providence, leads a pop-up cooking class at Track 15 earlier this year. Jan Dane, standing left, owner of Stock Culinary Goods, acts as moderator. Another series of pop-up cooking classes at Track 15 has been scheduled for February and March. The series, called Station Tastings, is a partnership of Track 15, Stock Culinary Goods and PopUp Rhody, a service for listing, sharing and discovering pop-up events and temporary retail spaces for independent businesses. / 
COURTESY POPUP RHODY

Providence, with its compact commercial corridors and small retail bays, has proved to be a prime area for pop-up stores, giving local entrepreneurs a low-risk way to test ideas, build followings and energize streets without committing to long-term leases. Pop-up retail generates an estimated $80 billion annually across the U.S., with projections to surpass $95 billion by

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