Geoje City Secures 700 Million KRW in Special Grants for First Half of Year... Allocated to Create Community Hub Spaces

Photo of Byeon Gwang-yong, Mayor of Geoje City, visiting the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to secure special grants.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Geoje City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 29th that it secured 700 million KRW in special grants from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety for the first half of the year.

The special grant secured this time will be used for the Geoje ‘Light Square (Bit-ui Gwangjang)’ creation project.

This project is a regional revitalization facility creation project utilizing the underpass space of the abandoned overpass in the Sangmun-dong area, and is expected to contribute to the creation of a community hub space specialized for the region, including a small library, healing park, and lighting landscape.

Despite the local economic downturn caused by the shipbuilding industry recession and COVID-19, the city has been striving to expand living SOC facilities that reflect regional characteristics, such as building welfare centers in each area for balanced regional development.

Mayor Byeon Gwang-yong said, "Although the number of households is rapidly increasing due to the construction of large apartment complexes in the Sangmun-dong area, there is a shortage of urban development land for establishing cultural and sports infrastructure. To overcome this situation, after installing a 'futsal court' utilizing the underpass of Mundong 3 Bridge, which had been abandoned, the special grant secured this time has made it possible to create a complex space."

Meanwhile, Mayor Byeon met with the Minister of the Interior and Safety in May to request support for the establishment of the Geoje Tax Office, national funding for the comprehensive flood damage living zone maintenance project in Hadun District, and special grants.

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