Creating 'Hope Growth Deojon Store' at Emart Yongsan Branch

Yongsan-gu and Emart Sign Cooperation Agreement to Promote Self-Support Work Project on the 25th... Mayor Seong Janghyun and Emart Metropolitan Area General Manager Lee Hojun Attend... Hope-Keum Deojon Store to Operate at Emart Yongsan Branch with Rent at 1/10 Market Price

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Yongsan-gu (Mayor Seongjanghyun) is creating the Hope-Keum Deojon Store ‘Cheongnyeon Bakery & Cafe Masil’ at E-Mart Yongsan Branch as part of a self-support work project for vulnerable groups.

The location is at the entrance of the basement level 1 of E-Mart Yongsan Branch (55 Hangang-daero 23-gil, Yongsan-gu), with an area of 18.83㎡. The lease period is from November 8, 2021, to March 31, 2023.

It will open in December.

The rent is about one-tenth of the market price. As part of regional coexistence, E-Mart made a ‘generous’ decision. The workforce will be 7 to 10 people, working in two shifts per day.

A district official said, “Since early this year, we have been searching for a business location and providing technical training related to beverages and desserts to self-support workers,” adding, “We will start operating the cafe as soon as the interior construction is completed.”

On the 25th, the district signed a business agreement with E-Mart Yongsan Branch at the district office’s medium conference room to promote self-support work projects and welfare projects for vulnerable groups.

The signing ceremony lasted 30 minutes, including the mayor’s greeting, signing of the agreement, and commemorative photo, attended by Mayor Seongjanghyun and Lee Hojun, Executive Director of E-Mart Metropolitan Area.

Mayor Seongjanghyun of Yongsan-gu said, “Welfare projects are a very important area for public-private cooperation,” and added, “We will promote self-support work projects with E-Mart and create a regional community coexistence cooperation model.”

The self-support work project is a system that provides work opportunities to basic livelihood security recipients or lower-income groups to help them become self-reliant. The district currently operates 15 project groups in four types?public interest type, social service type, market entry type, and youth independence challenge type?as well as three self-support enterprises.

Tomorrow, it will also support asset formation for self-support workers through five projects including the Kiwoom Savings Account.

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