Damyang-gun, Promotion of Application for Designation as a Cultural City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Damyang-gun, Jeonnam (Governor Choi Hyung-sik) announced on the 27th that it will promote a cultural city designation contest to achieve sustainable regional development and spread the cultural life of local residents through a distinctive cultural industry that embodies the ‘Damyang Identity’ based on people, space, and humanities assets.

In this contest, the spirit of coexistence between humans and nature, which appeared in the thousand-year-old history of Damyang, was reborn as the value of the ‘Damyang Identity,’ embracing diverse cultures and preparing for the future through ecology and humanities designed as the vision of ‘Bamboo Grove Clear Humanities Ecological City, Damyang.’

The cultural city project is planned as a five-year plan from 2022 to 2026.

Based on four major goals and eight promotion strategies, the project aims to realize a cultural city where people themselves become culture through projects such as creating the Damyang cultural ecosystem, establishing the Damyang cultural brand, and building the ‘Face of Asia’ future culture.

In particular, a cultural city promotion council was formed to move away from government-led initiatives and gather opinions from cultural and urban experts and residents to enhance cultural enjoyment, establishing 24 detailed project plans for preliminary cultural city designation.

The core projects include ▲ ‘1000 Voices of Communication’ platform ▲ establishment of the cultural cooperative network ‘Damyang DAN’ ▲ ‘Damyang Artist Quota System’ to fully immerse in Damyang arts ▲ establishment of the Asian Cultural City Regeneration Research Information Platform ▲ ‘Bamboo Grove Cultural Playground’ virus liberation zone traveling into the hearts of travelers, all designed to leverage Damyang’s unique strengths and characteristics.

A county official said, “We will enact the ordinance for the designation and operation management of the county cultural city to promote a sustainable cultural city in the future, and accelerate preparations for the selection of the preliminary city in November, centered on the council.”

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