Jongno-gu to Leave 83-Year-Old Office, Begin Operations at Temporary Office (Daerim·94 Building) from the 29th

All Departments Including the Civil Service Office Move to Daerim Building, Jongno District Council and Information Communication Office Relocate to 94 Building... Sequential Weekend Transfers Starting January to Minimize Resident Inconvenience

Daerim Building, the temporary office of Jongno District Office

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Jongno-gu (District Mayor Kim Young-jong) completed the relocation of the district office and district council temporary offices as of the 28th, and will commence operations from the 29th at two locations: ▲Daerim Building (Jongno 1-gil 36) and ▲94 Building (Sambong-ro 94).

Previously, the district selected the former Daelim Industrial headquarters, the 'Daerim Building,' and the nearby office building, the '94 Building,' as temporary office relocation sites last year to construct the 'Jongno-gu Integrated Office (New Office)'.

All departments, including the district office civil service center, have moved to the Daerim Building, while the Jongno District Council and the Information and Communication Office have relocated to the 94 Building to welcome residents anew.

To minimize inconvenience to residents caused by the office relocation, starting from January this year, the Welfare and Economy Bureau's five departments began moving sequentially every weekend over six phases until March 28.

Due to insufficient office space in the current building, four departments?Health City Division, Culture Division, Education Division, and Tourism Division?have been renting nearby buildings. Once their contracts expire at the end of May, they will move to the Daerim Building, completing the relocation of all departments.

Since the relocation schedules vary by department, the district is making efforts to promote the temporary office relocation through the district office website, district newsletters, SNS, as well as posting banners and distributing notices to minimize confusion among residents.

Jongno-gu has used the Susong Elementary School building, completed in 1938, as the district office since 1975. The reason for moving to the temporary office is to actively proceed with the construction of the Jongno-gu Integrated Office (New Office) on the current office site.

Once the relocation is complete, the current office building will be demolished in April, and a cultural heritage excavation will be conducted on the site, which was the home of Jeong Do-jeon and the location of the Saboksi market.

After completing the cultural heritage excavation, construction of the Integrated Office (New Office) will begin.

The district plans to preserve part of the main building to remember the 83 years of history of the current office. To this end, before demolition, a 'Demolition Commemoration Cultural Festival' celebrating the appearance of the building from the Susong Elementary School era to the current office will be held in the first half of this year.

District Mayor Kim Young-jong stated, “We will ensure that the operation and management of the temporary office are not neglected to minimize confusion caused by the relocation. The construction of the new office is an essential process to open a new future for Jongno. We ask for the understanding of residents despite some inconvenience as we have been preparing diligently for a long time.”

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