Seodaemun-gu Wins Space Welfare Award Two Years in a Row

Cultural Space 'Ewha Shimteo' Wins Excellence Award at 2020 Spatial Welfare Awards

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) announced on the 27th that following last year's village community activation multipurpose space ‘Haha Hoho Hongje Village Vitality Center,’ the recent cultural space ‘Ewha Rest Area’ received the ‘Excellence Award’ at the Korea Spatial Welfare Awards, achieving award recognition for two consecutive years.

This award has been implemented since last year with the support of SH Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation to discover and spread excellent spatial welfare cases in basic local governments.

Here, ‘spatial welfare’ means that residents enjoy welfare benefits in living-close spaces near their homes.

‘Ewha Rest Area’ (Daehyeon-dong 16-7) opened in October 2017. The district utilized an unused vacant spot in the alleys near Ewha University to develop it into a multipurpose cultural space for residents.

In the evaluation, the district received praise for “transforming a low-utilization area into a cultural space frequently visited by nearby residents and merchants through various cultural events and experiential programs.”

Also, the fact that the creation of Ewha Rest Area was carried out under a public-private-academic cooperative system led by residents was cited as a major reason for the award.

At the ‘2020 2nd Korea Spatial Welfare Awards’ ceremony held on the 25th at the Sapphire Ballroom of Lotte Hotel in Euljiro 1-ga, Mayor Moon Seok-jin of Seodaemun-gu said, “Through this award, I hope Ewha Rest Area will be loved even more as a space where various members of the community enjoy culture and communicate.”

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