'Pohang Earthquake' Maximum Damage: Heunghae-eup Urban Regeneration Foundation Drawing in Full Swing

Pohang City Holds 'Service Report Meeting' on Asset Content Development and Utilization in Heunghae Area

The scene of the 1st interim report meeting for the 'Heunghae Area Asset Content Construction and Utilization Plan Project' held on the 17th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The "Heunghae Area Asset Content Construction Project," which consolidates the tangible and intangible assets of Heunghae-eup, Pohang, with a history of over 1,500 years, is gaining momentum.

The primary goal of this project is to build a database based on a basic survey of various types of village resources in the Heunghae area, where a special urban regeneration project has been implemented following significant damage caused by the earthquake on November 15, 2017.

According to Pohang City on the 20th, the first interim report meeting for the "Heunghae Area Asset Content Construction and Utilization Plan Service" was held on the 17th at the Heunghae-eup Administrative Welfare Center meeting room, attended by representatives of autonomous organizations such as Kim Hyun-seok, Director of the Safety City Project Division, Kang Chang-ho, Chairman of the Heunghae-eup Development Advisory Committee, and Seo Young-jun, Chairman of the Village Leaders Association.

This academic service project aims to build content from scattered resources such as history, culture, society, and natural resources of the Heunghae area mentioned in documents since the 504th year of King Jijeung of Silla. The content based on the village resource survey plans to incorporate various resources using the One Source Multi-use concept, which creates diverse cultural products from a single material, to capture the unique charm and symbolism of Heunghae.

Above all, by concretizing programs that can be linked with special urban regeneration, the project intends to revitalize the Heunghae area, which has been stagnant since the Pohang earthquake, and find issues for restoring the local community through fostering residents' affection for their hometown, according to Pohang City.

The Heunghae Special Urban Regeneration Field Support Center of Pohang City plans to reflect the results of this service in various projects such as the Heunghae Eupseong mural and the creation of a Newtro Street, leading it as a model for citizen communication.

Lee Won-tak, Head of the Earthquake Special Support Group, said, "If local residents deeply understand the region's history and develop affection for their hometown, they will be able to wisely overcome any difficulties," adding, "We aim to incorporate great thought and depth into this service for urban regeneration and, further, urban reconstruction for a happy city, Heunghae."

Meanwhile, the Heunghae-eup area in Buk-gu, Pohang City, suffered significant damage from a magnitude 5.4 earthquake in 2017, which destroyed four apartment complexes including Daeseong Apartments. The following year, after the enactment of the "Special Act on Urban Regeneration Activation and Support," the Heunghae area was designated as the first special regeneration area.

By 2023, a regeneration project worth 220 billion KRW is being promoted here, linked with the Living Social Infrastructure (Living SOC) project, including the construction of a base public library by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the supply of public rental housing by the Korea Land and Housing Corporation.

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