Gwangju Dong-gu, Chungjangno 1-ga Signboard Improvement Project Promotion

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 3rd that it will actively promote the signboard improvement project in Chungjangno 1-ga this year to revitalize the central commercial district.

Dong-gu will invest 500 million KRW, including national and city funds secured through last year's Ministry of the Interior and Safety signboard improvement project competition, to carry out a signboard and building facade improvement project targeting 53 buildings and 119 businesses from the entrance of Chungjangno 1-ga to Chungjangno Post Office.

Dong-gu plans to remove the existing indiscriminately proliferated protruding, vertical, and pole-utilized signboards based on the principle of one signboard per business (two signboards for corner buildings) and install new signboards designed to suit the characteristics of each business.

To this end, Dong-gu held a project briefing and preliminary survey for the Chungjangno Merchants Association last year and obtained project consent forms from business owners and building owners.

Dong-gu will soon designate and announce Chungjangno 1-ga as a pilot zone for signboard maintenance and start producing signboard designs from next month, aiming to complete production and installation by the end of this year.

Dong-gu has replaced and installed about 240 signboards for 180 businesses through the first phase project in the Geumnamno section (Geumnamno Park Intersection to Printing Street entrance) and the second phase project around the National Asia Culture Center (Munhwajeondang-ro to Seoseok-ro).

With this third phase project, Dong-gu plans to revitalize the depressed old downtown commercial district and develop Chungjangno 1-ga into a premium street where people want to walk.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, "This project will greatly contribute not only to the revitalization of the Chungjangno commercial district but also to enhancing the pleasant urban image around the Culture Center and the May 18 Democratic Square," adding, "We will thoroughly promote the project by actively reflecting the opinions of merchants and building owners."

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