Gwangju Nam-gu, Best Policy of the Year? ... Top 5 Selected

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Among the various policies introduced this year in Nam-gu, Gwangju (District Mayor Kim Byung-nae), the project that received the greatest love from residents was the creation of Jinwol Complex Sports Ground.

On the 22nd, Nam-gu announced the results of the selection of the ‘2021 Best 5 District Policies’ that contributed significantly to district development and had high resident satisfaction among the projects promoted this year.

The selection of this year’s best district policies reflected the results of the Nam-gu e-voting and National Idea Box survey conducted online in November.

The survey was conducted in a way that each voter selected three policies out of eight excellent policies that passed the preliminary screening and entered the main screening. A total of 2,095 people participated, including 1,700 residents and 395 staff members.

The top policy of the year was the ‘Jinwol Complex Sports Ground Creation’ project, which received 900 votes.

It is the first complex sports ground established in the district since its separation from Seo-gu in 1995 and the opening of the district office 26 years ago, gaining the most support in terms of expanding living sports infrastructure and promoting residents’ health.

The excellent policy was the ‘Inter-Korean Art and Photo Exhibition’ project, which aimed to revitalize inter-Korean exchange and cooperation. From July to August, 220,000 Nam-gu residents and 1.5 million Gwangju citizens participated together. This policy was supported by 704 residents, and during the exhibition period, 5,140 Gwangju citizens visited.

The three projects selected as encouragement policies were all related to residents’ leisure activities and health.

The ‘Proactive Operation of Temporary Screening Clinics and Introduction of Electronic Questionnaires (QR Code)’ project in response to COVID-19 received support from 663 residents. The ‘Euddeumhyo Nam-gu TV Silver Singing Contest,’ which provided various attractions and entertainment for seniors who had nowhere to go due to the COVID-19 aftermath, also received great love with 626 votes.

Additionally, the ‘Bunjeoksan The Green Nuri-gil Trail’ creation project, which developed the pristine natural resources left unattended in the development-restricted area into resident convenience facilities, received 612 votes and made it onto the Best 5 district policies list. With the cypress forest trekking course established in Bunjeoksan, this place has attracted great interest as a healing space for local residents.

A Nam-gu official stated, “We will do our best to continuously discover excellent policies so that the lives of 220,000 Nam-gu residents can become more enriched.”

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