Gyeongju City’s 'Education Hub' Seonggeon-dong Anticipates New Wave of Urban Regeneration

Seonggeon-dong 'Chaek Nolja Project' Selected for Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Small-scale Regeneration Project Competition

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongju City, Gyeongsangbuk-do announced on the 24th that the 'Seonggeon-dong - Let's Play Books Project' has been selected for the 2020 Small-scale Regeneration Project competition promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, securing a total project cost of 140 million KRW.

The Small-scale Regeneration Project is a pilot project of the Urban Regeneration New Deal that supports small-scale point regeneration projects led by local communities to expand resident participation and strengthen capabilities. With this selection, the number of small-scale regeneration projects promoted in Gyeongju City has increased to two districts, including Hwang-o-dong (Hwangchon-Hamatermyeon I Almost Didn't Know!) selected in the first half of last year.

The newly selected Seonggeon-dong is an education-centered area densely populated with Dongguk University Gyeongju Campus and five elementary, middle, and high schools, but recently it has revealed various issues such as population decline, population movement to outskirts, and a relative increase in foreign families.

Gyeongju City plans to carry out community programs to solve the language and cultural differences of children together with local residents, as well as programs to establish a foundation for the participation of vulnerable groups in the local community, addressing communication problems between residents and foreigners and educational issues due to language and cultural differences.

A Gyeongju City official stated, "We will do our best to efficiently promote the small-scale regeneration project so that it serves as a stepping stone for the application of the Seonggeon-dong Urban Regeneration New Deal project through the promotion of the small-scale regeneration project."

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