Yeosu City Selects 3 'Clean Jeonnam Prime Villages'

Yulchon Banwol Village Abandoned Railway Flower Garden, Yeocheon-dong Naedong Village Murals, Yeoseo-dong Garden Road Selected as 'Excellent Villages'

[Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Sim Kyung-taek] Yeosu City in Jeollanam-do secured 30 million KRW in prize money by winning the Excellence Award in the ‘2021 Clean Jeonnam Best Village’ project hosted by Jeollanam-do.

According to the city, the ‘Clean Jeonnam Best Village’ project was promoted by Jeollanam-do targeting 1,000 villages across 22 cities and counties in the province to create a clean and beautiful Jeonnam. The project evaluated eight categories including participation rate, number of excellent villages selected, performance of the promotion team, and environmental cleanup activities, selecting 50 outstanding villages.

Yeosu City received high evaluations in participation rate, number of excellent villages selected, image evaluation, and environmental cleanup activities, winning the Excellence Award.

In particular, Banwol Village in Yulchon, Yeosu City, was recognized in the excellent village selection and image evaluation by transforming an abandoned old ship into a flower garden, achieving a twofold effect by reducing project costs and recycling abandoned materials into tourism resources.

Naedong Village in Yeocheon-dong expressed residents’ lives, hopes, and wishes through murals, creating a unique village character and harmony that differentiated it from other cities and counties. In Yeoseo-dong, residents joined forces to create a beautiful flower path by decorating roadside railings with colorful flower pots, attracting attention.

Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Sim Kyung-taek simkt7@asiae.co.kr

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