Dobong-gu 'Urban Regeneration Symposium' Wins Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award

Dobong-gu Urban Regeneration Project Based on Culture Selected for Changdong New Economic Hub Development... Expectation for Changdong as a Music-Centered Cultural City and Global Music City

Dobong-gu was selected as an outstanding city for urban regeneration at the '2020 Korea Urban Regeneration Symposium' and received the 'Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award'.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dobong-gu (Mayor Lee Dong-jin) was selected as an excellent city for urban regeneration at the ‘2020 Korea Urban Regeneration Symposium’ held on the 21st and received the ‘Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award.’

Hosted by Korea Land and Housing Corporation, Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation, and others, the ‘2020 Korea Urban Regeneration Symposium’ held at the Cheongju Cultural Factory Concert Hall is an awards ceremony and professional discussion forum on urban regeneration involving local governments, companies, and other organizations promoting urban regeneration projects.

At the awards ceremony, Dobong-gu’s ‘Changdong Urban Regeneration Revitalization Project’ was selected as a successful case of a project that can serve as a model for revitalizing cultural spaces, facilities, and cultural industries, winning the ‘Grand Prize in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism category.’

The district directly presented its urban regeneration project case under the theme ‘Dobong-gu Urban Regeneration Project Based on Culture, Promotion of Changdong New Economic Center Creation Project’ in a professional session of the symposium, widely promoting Dobong-gu’s vision.

So far, the district has chosen ‘urban regeneration through culture’ as a regional development strategy to solve the problems of the area, which had fallen into a bedroom town on the outskirts of northeastern Seoul, and has been promoting projects aimed at creating regional economic vitality, expanding cultural life infrastructure, and improving physical environments such as transportation.

The core project is the construction of the ‘Seoul Arena.’ The ‘Seoul Arena Complex Cultural Facility,’ which includes the largest arena performance hall in Korea with 20,000 seats, as well as a medium-sized performance hall, popular music support facilities, a cinema, and auxiliary facilities, is scheduled to be completed in 2023.

Along with this, starting with the completion of ‘Changdong Aurune,’ a generation-convergence complex facility in the northeastern area in September this year, the startup and cultural industry complex ‘Seed Cube Changdong,’ the ‘Robot Science Museum,’ and the ‘Seoul Photo Art Museum’ are expected to be completed sequentially by 2023, making the Changdong area leap to the center of northeastern Seoul.

In particular, the economic effect of the Changdong New Economic Center centered on Seoul Arena is expected to create about 300 cultural companies and 13,000 jobs.

Also, more than 90 performances by top domestic and international musicians are expected to be held annually, attracting about 2.5 million domestic and international visitors each year to see them.

Furthermore, the district is striving to create a Changdong music ecosystem by establishing public studios, supporting housing for music industry personnel, and creating network environments to leap forward as a global music city where music production, distribution, and consumption take place.

Aerial View of Changdong New Economic Hub

Lee Dong-jin, Mayor of Dobong-gu, said, “We will do our best to transform Dobong-gu from a bedroom town on the outskirts of Seoul into a representative music-centered cultural city of Korea and a world-class music city.”

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