Jangseong-gun to Build Local Food Direct Store in Gwangju Area... Construction Scheduled to Start in October

[Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jo Hangyu] Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Yoo Doo-seok) is actively promoting the construction of the Gwangju-area Jangseong Local Food Direct Store.

The county announced on the 15th that once the detailed design service is completed, it plans to select a construction company through the Jeollanam-do contract review and public bidding process.

The construction work is expected to begin around October, with a total project budget of 7.8 billion KRW.

The local food direct store is a distribution facility where agricultural products produced locally are traded directly between farmers and consumers, eliminating intermediate distribution processes, allowing the purchase of high-quality agricultural products at reasonable prices.

The site for the Gwangju-area Jangseong Local Food Direct Store is in the Oryong-dong area of Buk-gu, Gwangju.

This area is near the planned development site of the Cheomdan 3 District and has a consumer market of about 120,000 people, making it ideal for securing sales channels for agricultural products.

Earlier, the county signed a business agreement related to land acquisition with the Korea Rural Community Corporation in August last year, and in April this year, finalized the contract, successfully securing a project site of 5,257㎡ (1,590 pyeong).

Subsequently, necessary procedures such as ▲establishing a basic plan service ▲preliminary review of the public architecture project plan by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport ▲design competition were sequentially carried out.

Currently, land maintenance work and detailed design services are being conducted to ensure smooth project progress.

The county has organized 693 shipping farms through the Jangseong Food Business Group, with the ultimate goal of securing 1,000 shipping farms.

Additionally, once the Gwangju-area Jangseong Local Food Direct Store is built, it is expected to greatly contribute to the stable income generation of local farmers along with the currently operating Nam-myeon Local Food Direct Store.

The Nam-myeon “Nonghyup Jangseong-gun Local Food Direct Store,” opened in 2017 as the first in the Jangseong area, has been successfully operated, recording sales of 12.5 billion KRW last year alone.

Governor Yoo Doo-seok said, “We will surely complete the construction of the Gwangju-area Jangseong Local Food Direct Store, which is being promoted as part of the 7th term Jangseong Food Plan (a project to establish a food production, consumption, and distribution system). We will lead the construction of a wealthy farming village where farmers can live well just by farming.”

Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jo Hangyu chg6001@asiae.co.kr

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