[Photo] Launching Report Meeting for Urban Regeneration Linked with Gangseo Hwagok Jungang Alley Market

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangseo-gu, Seoul is focusing administrative efforts to achieve balanced development between the old and new downtown areas.

On the 9th at 3 p.m., Noh Hyun-song, the head of Gangseo-gu Office, held the ‘Hwagog 1-dong Traditional Market Linked Urban Regeneration Service Kick-off Meeting’ in the large conference room of the district office and outlined the project.

The district plans to connect the area around 63 Woljeong-ro 30-gil, Hwagog 1-dong with Hwagog Central Alley Market to create a village where market merchants and local residents coexist.

At the meeting, six promotion strategies were presented with the goal of urban regeneration where the traditional market and the community thrive together.

The six strategies are ▲ improving the aging traditional market environment to create youth spaces and community spaces for residents ▲ encouraging resident participation to lead resident-driven residential environment improvements ▲ developing a BI (Brand Identity) that reflects local characteristics ▲ diversifying products to enhance market competitiveness ▲ forming resident networks ▲ and establishing a social economy community through strengthening the capacity of resident communities.

The district was selected for the ‘Traditional Market Linked Urban Regeneration Pilot Project’ in February this year. The service, which started in September, will be conducted over one year until September 2021, and the executing organizations are the People and Space Research Institute Ewha and Green Friends.

Noh Hyun-song, head of the district office, said, “To promote projects that residents can feel, related departments must cooperate to prepare effective tasks and measures,” and added, “Please gather wisdom so that local residents and market merchants can unite to create a village of coexistence and cooperation.”

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