Gokseong-gun Introduces This Year’s Policies Selected by Residents

Selected as the Best Policy for Distributing TimerCocks to Ensure the Safety of Elderly in Gokseong

[Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced 12 outstanding policies of 2020 that were loved by its residents.

On the 23rd, according to Gokseong-gun, the county held an event to select ‘Gokseong of the Year (Outstanding Policies)’ to find out which policies were most effective for the residents as the year-end approached.

For this, 35 outstanding policies submitted by each department were first reviewed in a primary screening, and 12 policies were selected. From the 8th to the 14th, a one-week survey was conducted among residents to investigate the preference for these policies.

The 12 major policies of Gokseong this year are: ▲Gas Safety [Timer Cock], ensuring the safety of Gokseong’s elderly! ▲Turning the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity! Gokseong-gun’s agricultural and specialty products gaining nationwide and global popularity! ▲Free repair of agricultural machinery damaged by heavy rain ▲Securing ample parking spaces in Gokseong-eup and Okgwa-myeon ▲Our neighborhood art gallery ‘Gallery 107’ ▲No problem with COVID-19! Exercise separately and together! Let’s practice! ▲Public-private-academic educational governance, establishment of the Gokseong-gun Future Education Foundation ▲Gokseong Train Village Recharge Station! Unique experience with Rose Cacao ▲Let’s work together! Better innovative ideas!! Dreaming of becoming the nation’s top cherry production area ▲Organized roadside, thanks to professional street tree and azalea management ▲More is better, mobile gift certificates that save money the more you use them.

The event attracted high interest with 303 residents participating. The top outstanding policy chosen by the residents was ‘Gas Safety [Timer Cock], ensuring the safety of Gokseong’s elderly!’

The ‘More is Better, mobile gift certificates that save money the more you use them,’ which replaced paper local gift certificates with mobile ones, also received many votes. Other highly rated policies included the development of sales channels for local agricultural specialties such as Baeksemi scorched rice and strawberries, and the prompt free repair of agricultural machinery damaged by unprecedented heavy rain.

Gokseong-gun plans to provide mobile gift certificates and Baeksemi scorched rice to residents who participated in the event through a random drawing. Winners can check their status on the Gokseong-gun website.

A county official stated, “We will continue to prepare various ways for residents to participate in county administration and create a Gokseong together with the residents.”

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