Gwangju City Launches 'Mudeungsan Overdevelopment Prevention Public-Private-Government Council' on the 28th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 27th that it will launch the ‘Mudeungsan Overdevelopment Prevention Public-Private-Government Council’ on the 28th to explore preservation and utilization plans for the Mudeungsan area that citizens can empathize with, in relation to the townhouse development project being promoted on the site of the Mudeungsan Shinyang Park Hotel.

Amid growing public interest in the preservation of Mudeungsan, sparked by a five-minute speech at the city council in October last year and a policy forum in December, more than 20 civic groups concerned about overdevelopment and landscape degradation of Mudeungsan formed the ‘Citizen Coalition Against the Construction of Mudeungsan Shinyang Castle’ and submitted a petition with over 3,000 signatures to Gwangju City.

In response to this interest, to facilitate full-scale discussions, the council will be composed and operated by about 20 members representing civic groups such as the Civic Group Council and Mudeungsan Protection Group Council, Gwangju Metropolitan City Council, and the Gwangju Citizens’ Rights Committee, representing the public, private, and government sectors.

The council plans to prepare preservation and utilization plans for the Mudeungsan area that citizens can empathize with, including methods to share ownership of the Shinyang Park Hotel site to prevent overdevelopment and utilization plans after sharing ownership, as well as discuss ways to build consensus within the local community.

Meanwhile, the Shinyang Park Hotel closed around December 2019 due to business difficulties, and has applied to Dong-gu Office for development permission to build a townhouse complex with about 80 households on the site, with related reviews pending.

Lee Sang-bae, Director of Urban Regeneration Bureau of Gwangju City, said, “I hope that through the council, sustainable preservation measures for Mudeungsan that citizens can empathize with will be prepared, and also expect that the public-private-government council will become an opportunity for proactive and communicative administration.”

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