Incheon Yeonsu-gu Launches Small-Scale Regeneration Project Proposed by 'Hambakmaeul' Residents

Agreement with Yeonsu 1-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee... Global Symbiosis Project in Full Swing
Creation of Community Spaces for Locals and Foreigners, Village Meals and Exploration Programs, etc.

Gonam-seok, head of Yeonsu District Office (third from the left in the front row), is taking a commemorative photo after signing an agreement with the Yeonsu 1-dong Residents' Autonomy Association.
[Photo by Yeonsu-gu, Incheon]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Yeonsu-gu, Incheon announced on the 20th that it has signed a business agreement with the Yeonsu 1-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee to expedite the 'Resident-Proposed Small-Scale Regeneration Project' in Hambak Village, Yeonsu 1-dong.

Accordingly, the district will invest 160 million KRW in the Hambak Village area to promote the Hambak Village Global Symbiosis Project under the slogan "Welcome to Hambak Village, Is This Your First Time?" by the end of this year, creating community spaces and offering village meals, exploration, and educational programs.

The Resident-Proposed Small-Scale Regeneration Project is a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport public contest project where more than 10 local residents form a community to propose necessary projects for the area and voluntarily establish and carry out plans.

Hambak Village is currently challenging the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's metropolitan public contest for the General Neighborhood Urban Regeneration New Deal Project this year, and the district expects this resident-proposed project to be a valuable experience alongside the opening of the Hambak Village Cultural Welfare Center.

Yeonsu-gu and the Yeonsu 1-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee applied to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for the Hambak Village Global Symbiosis Project as a project to promote harmony between domestic and foreign residents in Hambak Village this year, and it was finally selected in May.

According to the agreement on this day, Hambak Village will create a community hub space accessible to both domestic and foreign residents through remodeling the senior citizens' center, and will separately operate resident public hearings, visits to exemplary cases, and resident participation project teams.

In particular, the project will include a "Visiting Village Meals" program where domestic and foreign residents introduce and share their meals, and a village exploration program that guides foreigners unfamiliar with Korean life culture.

Additionally, a village education play program will be conducted where domestic and foreign children and parents can play and learn together, and village activists will be appointed and operated to ensure effective project implementation.

Gonam-seok, Mayor of Yeonsu-gu, said, "The residents' desire to solve Hambak Village's current issues on their own has resulted in the selection of the small-scale regeneration project," and added, "We will spare no support to successfully complete the project in cooperation with the Yeonsu 1-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee."

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