Jangheung-gun Achieves Final Selection for Athlete Education Center

Jangheung-gun was finally selected as the candidate site for the Korea Sports Council's Athlete Education Center on the 11th. (Photo by Jangheung-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Jeong Jong-sun) announced on the 12th that it has been finally selected as the candidate site for the Korea Sports Council's Sports Education Center, which will be used for training and refresher courses for athletes nationwide and as a base for national team winter training.

On the 11th, Jangheung-gun, which attended the 'Final Proposal Presentation for Attracting the Sports Education Center' held at the Seoul Olympic Parktel, achieved the great success of being finally selected after fierce competition in the second candidate site evaluation against Wando-gun.

Last year, as Goheung and Hamyang and Hadong in Gyeongnam gave up on attracting the center, the competing regions narrowed down to seven areas in Jeollanam-do. For Jangheung-gun, which actively pushed forward the 'Attraction of the Sports Education Center,' one of the 11 major strategic projects of Jangheung Development in 2020, this marks another new achievement since the launch of the 7th local government administration.

Jangheung-gun, which secured the construction project by meeting the site acquisition possibility, mild four-season climate, accessibility, and various infrastructure support conditions for the Sports Education Center location, is expected to leap higher toward becoming the 'Sports Mecca of Jeollanam-do' with this success as a stepping stone.

The Sports Education Center will be built over five years from this year to 2024 with about 37 billion KRW of national funding, covering a site area of 160,000㎡ and a building scale of 25,000㎡. It will include educational facilities, convenience facilities, a multipurpose gymnasium, a fitness center, and indoor and outdoor sports facilities such as playgrounds. Afterwards, training will be conducted for athletes and the general public, with an expected annual usage of 65,000 people and an economic effect of 5.2 billion KRW per year.

Jeong Jong-sun, Governor of Jangheung-gun, expressed his proud feelings, saying, "I feel deep emotion for being finally selected for the Sports Education Center construction project and gratitude to the citizens, hometown supporters, and related parties who cheered us on. We will do our best in every way so that Jangheung-gun can become the center of the sports industry in Jeollanam-do and the second hometown for athletes."

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