Gimhae City Wins Grand Prize at 'Korea Good Policy Competition' ... Thumbs Up for Old Downtown Urban Regeneration Project

Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, received the Grand Prize at the "Korea Good Policy Conference" hosted by the National Association of Mayors, County Governors, and District Heads and MBN.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, won the Grand Prize at the 'Korea Good Policy Competition' held on the 28th at the MBN Auditorium in Jung-gu, Seoul.

The competition is an event that discovers excellent policy cases of local governments and actively promotes and awards them through broadcasting to stimulate public interest.

From October to early December, the first round of document screening, the second round of PT evaluation, and the third round of public judging (broadcast filming) were conducted. Among a total of 268 good policies nationwide, Gimhae was recognized for the excellence of 'Cheese Workshop Growing with Citizens, Hoehyeon Yeonga,' promoted as part of the old downtown urban regeneration project.

Hoehyeon Yeonga is a community established directly by the residents of Hoehyeon-dong, who created cheese using the country's first specialty products.

It also received favorable evaluations in terms of social contribution by providing various citizen experiences, education, and jobs to youth, parents of children with intractable diseases, and local residents.

A city official said, "We are grateful to receive such a great award for the community policies being promoted together with citizens," adding, "We will provide full administrative support to discover various policies that citizens can participate in."

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