Chungnam, 6 Cities and Counties Selected for Government Contest 'Resident-Proposed Urban Regeneration Projects'

[Asia Economy (Naepo) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Small-scale regeneration projects proposed by residents of six cities and counties in Chungnam have been selected in a government contest and will receive national funding.

On the 21st, Chungnam Province announced that six projects from the cities and counties of Gongju, Boryeong, Dangjin, Geumsan, Seosan, and Yesan were selected in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s “2020 First Half Resident-Proposed Small-Scale Regeneration Projects” contest and will be implemented with 600 million KRW in national funds.

Small-scale regeneration projects involve local residents leading the planning and participating in point-based projects to strengthen resident capabilities and establish local governance.

The contest was divided into hardware projects, such as creating resident hub spaces and community childcare rooms, and software projects, such as operating regeneration schools and holding village festivals to enhance resident capabilities and revitalize communities.

The six cities and counties in Chungnam participated with projects including ▲Gongju City’s “Gathering Multiple Values on the Street” ▲Boryeong City’s “Garden Village Gwanchon of Uldo and Damdo Without Walls” ▲Dangjin City’s “Geosan Childcare” ▲Geumsan County’s “Neonauri Jungdohak Village Community Project” ▲Seosan City’s “Beonhwaro Langman (朗漫) Cooperative Ban Sanghoe” ▲Yesan County’s “Apple Scent Softly, Sweet Happy Village Eungbong,” and were finally selected.

The province and each city and county plan to use this project as a stepping stone to establish a foundation for development into urban regeneration New Deal projects.

A provincial official said, “The province and cities/counties will support residents to plan and implement regeneration projects themselves through organic collaboration with the Urban Regeneration Support Center and local residents. Through this, local residents are expected to have opportunities to lead urban regeneration suited to local conditions and strengthen their capabilities.”

Meanwhile, in last year’s small-scale regeneration project contest, projects such as ▲Geumsan County’s “Chubu, a Rich Happy Autonomous Community Like Autumn” ▲Seocheon County’s “Hyomunhwa Donggodongrak Gyocheon Village Given by Seeds” ▲Gongju City’s “Urban Regeneration Hub, Gukgogae Art Avenue with Culture and Arts” were also selected.

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