Mokpo City-Cultural City Center, Full-Scale Launch of Preliminary Cultural Projects

Cultural Account Meeting, Sudden Planning Team, and Other Resident-Led Projects Implemented

Mokpo City is conducting various citizen meetings and cultural activities to be designated as a legal cultural city. Photo by Mokpo City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seunghyun Jeong] Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do, announced that on the 21st, it held a meeting with cultural representatives together with the Cultural City Center to ensure the smooth progress of the preliminary cultural city project.

According to the city, this meeting was an opportunity to promote the preliminary cultural city project, gather various opinions, and pool wisdom on the role of cultural representatives who will act as a bridge between citizens and the Cultural City Center.

The meeting is scheduled to be held once a month, and the next cultural representatives will take the lead in developing it into a cultural neighborhood meeting.

The cultural neighborhood meeting will be conducted with residents of 23 local neighborhoods, discovering unique cultural contents in each neighborhood to contribute to creating a "cultural city by the citizens, for the citizens."

Along with this, the center will also conduct a contest project called the "Tteungeumpo Planning Group" (Unexpected Mokpo Thoughts) as part of the preliminary cultural city project.

Through the planning group, any citizen can express their ingenious and creative ideas as various cultural contents.

The center produced posters in multiple languages including Korean, English, and Vietnamese to encourage diverse citizens to apply.

The planning group will accept applications on an ongoing basis until October, and selected projects can receive up to 3 million KRW in project planning funds.

Additionally, only selected projects can receive direct linkage to professional planners for mentoring if needed.

Jumin-gwan, Director of Mokpo Cultural City Center, said, “Through cultural representatives, we will communicate smoothly with citizens and promote a substantial preliminary cultural city project by encouraging the participation of many citizens with diverse ideas through the Tteungeumpo planning.”

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