Jangseong-gun, Consecutive Contest Selections Highlight "Two Years of Achievements in the 7th Elected Term"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, is gaining attention by attracting large-scale national projects and other public contest projects at the two-year mark of the 7th local government administration.

According to Jangseong-gun on the 26th, the county has achieved the attraction of a total of 33 projects worth 86.945 billion KRW (including national and provincial subsidies) during the two years of the 7th local government administration.

In particular, on the 11th, it succeeded in attracting the National Subtropical Crop Demonstration Center. The National Subtropical Crop Demonstration Center is a national institution directly operated by the Rural Development Administration, with a project cost of about 35 billion KRW including land acquisition costs, fully funded by the national government.

Also, the county was the only one among Jeonnam cities and counties selected for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ ‘2020 Food Plan Package Support’ public contest project, securing a project budget of 11.6 billion KRW (4.9 billion KRW national funds) over five years until 2024.

It was also selected for the Rural New Vitality Plus project, investing a total of 7 billion KRW by 2022, focusing on strengthening the capabilities of youth and residents, aiming to lay the foundation for regional economic revitalization through healing, experience, tourism, and job creation.

The county’s award achievements are also remarkable. During the 7th local government administration, it received awards in a total of 45 fields, securing 670 million KRW in prize money, 85 million KRW in awards, and 60 million KRW in special grants. Last month, Jangseong-gun Mayor Yoo Doo-seok earned the highest grade, ‘SA grade,’ in the ‘National Basic Local Government Heads’ Pledge Implementation Evaluation’ hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters.

The waterfront Baekri-gil development project, which transformed Jangseong Dam?previously used only for agricultural water?into the four-season tourist attraction ‘Inland Sea’ Jangseongho Lake, has currently completed 10.1 km out of the entire 34 km lake section.

Recently, following the Yellow Suspension Bridge, the second suspension bridge, the ‘Golden Suspension Bridge,’ was opened, attracting an average of 7,000 to 8,000 visitors on weekends, gaining popularity.

The county plans to operate a gift certificate exchange system starting from the 1st of next month to help revitalize the local economy.

Hwangryonggang River, the main stage of the ‘Yellow Flower Festival’ which recorded over one million visitors for three consecutive years until last year, is being developed into a tourist attraction and designated as a national garden through the ‘Hwangryonggang Tourism Attraction and National Garden Designation Project,’ with a five-color garden being created by 2023.

Additionally, the county plans to build the Cheongun Underpass connecting the western region including Jangseong-eup and Hwangryonggang area to improve transportation convenience for residents and tourists and promote balanced regional development. The detailed design process is currently underway.

The public stadium construction, a long-awaited project by Jangseong residents, is being built with a capacity of 5,000 seats on the site around Gisan-ri, prepared by straightening the stream shape of Chwiamcheon, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. Currently, the Jeollanam-do Sports Competition Hosting Committee has been launched to promote hosting the Jeonnam Sports Festival.

The county is actively boosting the local economy by issuing Jangseong Love Gift Certificates worth a total of 27.3 billion KRW in just the first half of the 7th local government administration. It is also linking and promoting the 2040 generation young farmer cultivation project with the population policy ‘Salmon Project,’ ranking 4th nationwide in total fertility rate (as of 2018), 1st among Jeonnam counties in net population inflow (2019 Honam Regional Statistics Office), and recording an average annual return-to-farming and rural migration population of 1,000 over the past three years.

Projects encouraging residents’ participation are also notable. The county plans to further strengthen governance through the ‘Yellow City Architectural Design Support Project,’ which supports painting costs for private buildings with a total floor area of over 200㎡, and the citizen gardener cultivation project.

Along with this, the Nam-myeon Deokseong Happiness Village project with 1,800 households and the attraction and construction of LH public rental housing phases 3, 4, and 5 (total 380 households) are expected to bring revolutionary improvements to the residential environment.

Mid- to long-term projects such as the large-scale residential complex development model for Goryeo Cement and the establishment of the National Cardiovascular Center are also steadily progressing through service contracts and other stages.

Furthermore, the KTX Jangseong Station stop resumed last September after a suspension of 4 years and 6 months, marking a great achievement. The UNESCO World Heritage designation of Pilamsa Temple and the world’s longest regular social education certification of the 21st Century Jangseong Academy have written a new chapter in Jangseong’s history.

Mayor Yoo Doo-seok of Jangseong-gun said, “Through continuous challenges, we have achieved successive selections for public contest projects and awards, advancing regional development and the happiness of residents,” and added, “In the third year of the 7th local government administration, we will devote ourselves to building a ‘New Jangseong’ with a future-oriented vision.”

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