"Stopping Mudeungsan Overdevelopment"... Gwangju City Acquires Site of Shinyang Park Hotel

Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop Issues Public Statement on Preventing Mudeungsan Overdevelopment

"Collaborative Governance Resolving Community Conflicts and Controversies through Dialogue and Communication"

"Land Use Plans to Be Explored in Comm

On the morning of the 22nd, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, held an online press conference in the city hall briefing room and announced a public address related to preventing indiscriminate development on Mudeungsan Mountain. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City has decided to purchase the site of the former Shinyang Park Hotel to protect Mudeungsan, recently embroiled in development controversies, from indiscriminate development and to enhance its public value.

On the morning of the 22nd, Mayor Lee Yong-seop of Gwangju announced a public statement regarding the prevention of indiscriminate development on Mudeungsan at the Gwangju City Hall briefing room.

Present at the announcement were National Assembly member Lee Byung-hoon, Gwangju City Council Chairman Kim Yong-jip, Dong-gu District Mayor Lim Taek, Gwangju Citizens' Rights Committee Chairman Choi Young-tae, Co-representative Heo Min of the ‘Mudeungsan Indiscriminate Development Prevention Civil-Government-Politics-Academia Council,’ and Gwangju City Council member Park Mi-jung.

The mayor stated, “Recently, the Civil-Government-Politics-Academia Council, composed of civic groups, Gwangju City Council, and experts, proposed that the plan to promote a multi-family housing development project on the former Shinyang Park Hotel site be withdrawn and that Gwangju City purchase the site to utilize it in a way that citizens desire.” He added, “This decision is significant as it resolves local conflicts and controversies through dialogue and communication.”

Mayor Lee said, “Gwangju City will actively lead the city-wide movement to share the Shinyang Park Hotel site,” and “The city will purchase the site and seek ways to utilize it through sufficient communication with citizens.”

He also emphasized, “We will do our best to preserve the ecological and cultural resources of Mudeungsan, recognized worldwide, and pass them on intact to future generations,” and “We will brand Mudeungsan’s unique and distinctive charm to develop it into a world-renowned destination enjoyed not only domestically but also by people worldwide.”

He continued, “We will make Mudeungsan a forward base for a Green New Deal ecological city and secure sustainable urban competitiveness.”

Furthermore, he expressed the intention to develop Gwangju’s urban landscape preservation measures and urban planning in an eco-friendly manner to harmonize with Mudeungsan, using this sharing initiative as an opportunity.

Mayor Lee clearly stated the principle of preserving Mudeungsan together with citizens, saying, “Above all, we will transparently disclose all processes of seeking utilization plans that preserve Mudeungsan’s value and guarantee public interest, and actively communicate with citizens.”

He urged, “Mudeungsan, a mountain that has stood with a just history and where the spirit of democracy and human rights of Gwangju breathes, embracing everyone without discrimination and providing comfort and strength to those in need?citizens, please unite your strength and wisdom to protect and preserve it.”

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