Gwangju Buk-gu Launches 'Good Consumption Project' to Support Small Business Owners

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Moon In) announced on the 19th that it will promote the ‘Good Consumption Project, Together Buk-gu’ campaign to increase sales for small business owners suffering from business difficulties due to the prolonged COVID-19 crisis and high-intensity social distancing.

Accordingly, Buk-gu will focus on promoting 10 tasks in 6 major areas from this month until June: ▲ dining industry ▲ service industry ▲ floriculture ▲ local currency ▲ system improvement ▲ private sector expansion.

First, all departments will select restaurants to be used in the future and operate ‘Together, Prepayment’ by prepaying business promotion expenses within a predictable range such as purpose, location, and amount.

Buk-gu plans to prioritize the execution of a budget of about 23 million won allocated to 33 departments for the first half of the year under the name of departmental unity meetings for public officials.

In addition, a ‘Good Prepayment Challenge’ campaign will be promoted, where public officials personally prepay at restaurants, post certification photos on SNS, and then nominate the next person to stimulate consumption.

Furthermore, to support floriculture farms suffering from decreased flower consumption and price drops due to the cancellation of various events after the COVID-19 crisis, a planned market called ‘Flowers Blooming in Spring’ will be held at Buk-gu Office Square to sell flowers to residents and employees.

Besides, the campaign plans to expand the good consumption movement not only in the public sector but also in the private sector by early purchase of supplies and consumables, purchasing and shopping with local currency, temporarily easing public contract procedures, and promoting citizen participation in good consumption.

District Mayor Moon In said, “I hope this Good Consumption Project will provide even a small support to local small business owners whose business conditions have worsened due to COVID-19,” and added, “We will continue to focus all our capabilities on overcoming COVID-19.”

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