Muan-gun Hyeongyeong-myeon Holds Cultural Welfare Center Completion Ceremony

Expected Role as a Happiness Recharge Hub for Health, Culture, and Welfare

Muan-gun held a completion ceremony for the Cultural Welfare Center of the Rural Hub Revitalization Project in Hyeongyeong-myeon, which was promoted for the purpose of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' General Rural Agricultural and Fishing Village Development Project. ⓒ Asia Economy

[Muan＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] On the 11th, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, held a completion ceremony for the Hyangyeong-myeon Rural Hub Revitalization Project Cultural Welfare Center, which was promoted for the purpose of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' General Rural Agricultural and Fishery Village Development Project, with about 90 residents in attendance.

According to the county on the 12th, the event was attended by Kim San, Muan County Governor; Lee Hye-ja, member of the Jeollanam-do Provincial Council; Han Hwa-jin, head of the Korea Rural Community Corporation Mokpo Muan Sinan Branch; Noh Eun-jun, head of Muan Nonghyup; Bae Jeong-seop, head of the Southwest Vegetable Nonghyup Cooperative; Choi Min-gyu, chairman of the promotion committee; Park Jong-gu, president of the prosperity association; Noh Jae-nam, chairman of the village chiefs' council; and many social organizations and residents, celebrating the successful completion of the project and a new beginning.

At the completion ceremony, residents showed a video review of the progress report, reflecting on activities over more than six years, the operation of the flea market, the promotion of the welfare center, and especially the process of the signboard maintenance project for 93 locations, newly renovated for the first time in 30 years, which received high acclaim, evoking a sense of nostalgia.

During the post-ceremony events, including the tape-cutting ceremony and handprinting unveiling ceremony, participants shouted, "Spread out vigorously like the sweet potato vines," performing a performance wishing for the prosperity and endless development of Hyangyeong-myeon.

The handprinting was created as a photo zone by stamping the handprints of the promotion committee members and heads of institutions and social organizations who worked together for the development of Hyangyeong-myeon.

Since 2017, the Hyangyeong-myeon Rural Hub Revitalization Project has been promoted with a total project cost of 6 billion KRW, including 4.2 billion KRW in national funds and 1.8 billion KRW in county funds, carrying out projects such as the cultural welfare center, Hwangto Sweet Potato Plaza, main road signboard maintenance, and flea market.

In particular, the core facility, the cultural welfare center, serves as a health, culture, and welfare platform through program rooms, a gym, and a jjimjil sauna caf?, while the Hwangto Sweet Potato Plaza was created for communication, vitality, and income space among residents.

Currently, three districts?Haeje, Cheonggye, and Unnam?are completed and operating within Muan-gun, and when five districts?Muan, Illo, Hyangyeong, Mongtan, and Mangun?are completed in 2023, it is expected to serve as a shared space platform providing cultural welfare programs and communication with surrounding villages.

Meanwhile, the Rural Hub Revitalization Project is a project implemented to meet various cultural and welfare demands of residents and provide 365-day living SOC services through complex cultural centers and resident capacity-building projects based in eup and myeon areas.

Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo ohj1358@asiae.co.kr

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