Myeonghyeon and Haenam County Governor Take Proactive Measures to Revitalize Culture and Sports for Residents' Daily Life Recovery

County Governor Myeon-gwan Myung is inspecting the remodeling site of Useul Stadium. (Photo by Haenam County)

[Haenam＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] As the government’s social distancing measures are being reorganized starting in July, Myung Hyun-gwan, the mayor of Haenam County, inspected key cultural and sports infrastructure construction sites in the county on the 30th and ordered proactive measures to support residents’ return to normal life and leisure activities after COVID-19.

Mayor Myung visited the remodeling site of Useul Stadium, which is being promoted to improve residents’ recreational sports and activate sports marketing, as well as the Useul Badminton Court, completed last month, and the remodeling site of Geumgang Gymnasium for on-site inspections.

In the first half of this year, Useul Stadium remodeled its uncomfortable and aging spectator seats and installed eight lighting towers to enable night games. The Useul Badminton Court, created following the baseball field and park golf course to establish a foundation for residents’ recreational sports, was newly built on the second floor of the indoor gateball court within Useul Sports Park.

It is planned to operate sports programs for residents in the future and is expected to play an important role in revitalizing badminton, which has the largest number of club members.

Following the sports facilities, Mayor Myung visited the small cinema and youth complex cultural center, which are scheduled to open this month, and thoroughly checked the preparations for their opening.

The small cinema and youth complex cultural center, opening on the 13th, is a four-story building with a total floor area of 2,171㎡. The first floor will operate as a small cinema (Haenam Cinema), and the second and third floors will be operated as the youth complex cultural center (Youth Nurim Cultural Center).

Haenam County is promoting the construction of the small cinema and youth complex cultural center as a key project of the 7th local government administration to resolve the lack of family-oriented cultural spaces in rural areas and support creative leisure activities for youth.

Mayor Myung said, “The county’s conditions, which have lacked cultural and leisure spaces for local youth, are expected to greatly improve with the construction of the small cinema and youth complex cultural center,” adding, “Especially as the vaccination rate is rapidly increasing and residents’ return to normal life after COVID-19 is accelerating, we will make every effort to ensure that cultural and leisure activities can be fully enjoyed.”

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