[Photo] Yoo Deok-yeol, Dongdaemun-gu Mayor, Holds Village Garden Sowing Event

Dongdaemun-gu Holds Sowing Events with Resident Participation in Hwikyung-dong and Cheongnyangni-dong Urban Gardens on the 9th

On the afternoon of the 9th, Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, participated in the urban garden planting event in Cheongnyangni-dong, planting eggplants.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, visited two urban gardens established last month on the 9th and encouraged residents to participate by planting bok choy and red leaf lettuce together.

The urban gardens are part of a vacant house utilization project that demolishes abandoned vacant houses and creates customized spaces needed by residents. Following the first garden established last year in Dapsimni-dong, the second and third gardens were created in March this year in Hwikyung-dong and Cheongnyangni-dong.

The district received support from Seoul City for demolition costs of vacant houses and garden construction expenses, and carried out demolition and garden construction work for about a month at Hwikyung-dong 335-22 (2nd garden) and Cheongnyangni-dong 32-8 (3rd garden).

The garden areas are 63㎡ in Hwikyung-dong (2nd garden) and 99㎡ in Cheongnyangni-dong (3rd garden).

Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “Instead of leaving the ruined vacant houses abandoned, we created urban gardens to transform them into spaces for residents' convenience. Dongdaemun-gu will continue to do its best to establish one garden per neighborhood so that more local residents can benefit from urban gardens.”

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