Gwanak-gu Selected as Best District in Urban Agriculture Excellence Evaluation

COVID-19 Healing Program, Operation of Gwanak Urban Agriculture Support Center Contributing to Activation of Urban Agriculture Experience... Achieving 3 Consecutive Years as an Excellent District... Second Best District Award Since 2018

Children visiting Gwanak Urban Agriculture Park

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) has been selected as the top district in the Seoul Metropolitan Government's '2020 Urban Agriculture Excellent Autonomous District Evaluation,' achieving the remarkable feat of being recognized as an excellent autonomous district for three consecutive years.

The Urban Agriculture Excellent Autonomous District Evaluation assesses the urban agriculture performance of Seoul's 25 autonomous districts from January to October this year, based on ▲diversity of urban agriculture projects ▲creation of urban gardens ▲management of urban gardens ▲other urban agriculture activities (education, events), among other criteria.

The district established a total of 18 gardens this year, including rooftop gardens, Singsing gardens, and school gardens, and made efforts to promote urban agriculture experiences in daily life by leasing out gardens in the Gwanak Urban Agriculture Park, completed in 2019, to the general public.

Additionally, the district installed and operates the 'Gwanak Urban Agriculture Support Center,' a community space combining urban agriculture and leisure/culture (Entertainment), dedicating great effort to expanding the base of urban agriculture.

In particular, various projects were promoted to heal the bodies and minds of residents exhausted by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to invigorate daily life, such as ▲Singsing garden horticulture programs ▲expansion of box garden distribution ▲operation of urban agriculture programs.

Furthermore, the district received favorable evaluations in various projects including ▲discovering and supporting new urban agriculture communities ▲providing urban agriculture education for beginners ▲mobile urban garden management services.

Mayor Park Jun-hee said, “I am very pleased that our efforts to revitalize urban agriculture to comfort residents weary from the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic have led to this award,” and added, “We will continue to strive to revitalize urban agriculture, including the opening of the Gang Gam-chan Urban Agriculture Center, so that all residents can find healing through urban agriculture.”

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