Jung-gu Youth Center Renovation Completion

Youth-Only Space Reborn as Learning and Rest Area Through Remodeling... 1st Floor Houses After-School Academy, 2nd Floor Becomes School-Outside Youth Support Center

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Jung-gu, Seoul (Mayor Seoyangho) has completed the remodeling of the youth-only space within the Youth Center and has newly opened it.

The Jung-gu Youth Center provides high-quality youth culture and various hobbies and leisure activities to recharge the tired body and mind from public and private education. Among 415 evaluation institutions of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family nationwide, it has been recognized as the best institution for six consecutive times over 17 years.

The center is located in Yaksu-dong (19 Dongho-ro 5-gil, Jung-gu) and consists of spaces for youth enjoyment from the basement first floor to the third floor above ground. The first and second floors above ground were reborn as suitable places for youth through an environmental improvement project that took four months from August last year, with a total project cost of 379 million KRW.

The first floor operates an after-school academy space, created as a resting and learning place for youth. It is used by students from the 4th grade of elementary school to the 3rd grade of middle school. Through space rearrangement, classrooms that were dark and cramped were transformed into a good environment for studying, and an attic was installed to expand the usable area, creating various play and reading activity spaces, which has received positive responses from the youth users.

The School-Outside Youth Support Center located on the second floor was designed as a youth activity and rest facility. It is a space for youth aged 9 to 24 who do not attend school, featuring art and play therapy rooms, counseling rooms, and has been reborn as a place with diverse activities and rest.

On the 19th at 4 p.m., Jung-gu Mayor Seoyangho, City Councilor Park Gijae, Jung-gu Council Vice Chairman Kim Haengseon, Welfare and Construction Committee Chairman Gil Giyeong, Councilors Lee Hwamuk and Lee Hyeyoung, along with local parents and students, attended a completion report meeting for the remodeling of the Youth Center and toured the improved facilities together.

Mayor Seoyangho of Jung-gu said, “The Jung-gu Youth Center provides various programs that reduce private education expenses for youth families and support personalized services, helping healthy leisure activities and learning for youth, as well as inclusively operating for out-of-school youth.” He added, “I hope this will help youth who have had a hard time due to almost no outdoor activities during COVID-19 to freely play and learn.”

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