Gwangju Seo-gu Launches Full-Scale 'Sharing Promotion' Project

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, has recently begun full-scale promotion of sharing projects, including the completion of the selection for a public contest to promote sharing.

According to Seo-gu on the 3rd, the district has been promoting public contests as part of the village-making project to encourage sharing.

They have selected and supported organizations in the sharing promotion field and have pursued agreements to open private facility spaces such as goods sharing centers, parking lots, and meeting rooms.

Currently, Seo-gu has 25 parking lots and 15 open spaces as private facilities, and 56 parking lots and 19 meeting rooms as public resources open to residents.

This year, Seo-gu plans to select six organizations in the sharing promotion field of the Good Village Making public contest to support resident-led sharing promotion, providing a total subsidy of 12 million KRW.

The selected organizations plan to promote sharing within the village through projects that utilize their unique characteristics and will also operate sharing booths by participating in annually held events such as the Irak Festival.

Additionally, Seo-gu plans to add one more goods sharing center in the Yangdong and Nongsong-dong areas in July, expanding from the existing two centers at Hwajeong 2-dong and Dongcheon-dong community centers, to allow more residents to use the service.

The goods sharing centers are equipped with about 1,000 items that residents need in daily life but may find burdensome to purchase, such as blood pressure and blood sugar monitors, beam projectors, camping gear, drills, ladders, etc., which can be rented at 1-3% of the item's value depending on the rental period.

A Seo-gu official said, "We hope that a culture of sharing through sharing projects will take root through various sharing promotion projects," and added, "We will strive to actively encourage participation not only from public resources but also from the private sector."

Meanwhile, Seo-gu plans to build and operate an online sharing platform where citizens can freely access various sharing information, including a full revamp of the sharing homepage and development of a mobile service program scheduled for October.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.