Seoul City Provides 900 Million KRW Support to 230 Sites for 'Citizen-Led Urban Greening'

Citizen-Led Urban Greening Resident Proposal Project Open for Applications from 24th to Next Month 11th
Applications Accepted for Communities of 5 or More with 'Greening Material Support' or 'Subsidy Support'

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 23rd that it will carry out the '2022 Citizen-led Urban Greening Resident Proposal Project' to provide citizens with opportunities to plant and cultivate flowers and trees in their daily spaces and to revitalize garden culture, and will accept applications from the 24th until next month 11th.

The Citizen-led Urban Greening Resident Proposal Project is divided into the ‘Greening Material Support Project,’ which provides necessary materials to develop target sites, and the ‘Subsidy Support Project,’ which supports the development of target sites through budget support, planning to provide a total of 900 million KRW. For the Greening Material Support, up to 2 million KRW worth of flowers, trees, fertilizers, and other greening materials will be provided to 200 locations each, and the Subsidy Support will provide between 5 million KRW and 15 million KRW per site for about 30 locations, covering material costs and project execution expenses.

The project selection will be finalized after review by the Subsidy Review Committee, which will examine on-site evaluations by autonomous districts and submitted written materials such as project proposals, according to evaluation criteria for each support field. The ‘Subsidy Review Committee’ will be composed of up to nine members including public landscape architects, private experts, university professors, and public officials.

Additionally, for participating groups wishing to receive support as citizen gardeners, qualitative improvement of greening will be promoted through planning, design, planting, and technical guidance for flowers and trees at each target site, and in the case of the subsidy field, the Seoul City subsidy management system will be used to ensure efficient execution of project funds.

Yoo Young-bong, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Green City Bureau, said, “Seoul has been striving to spread green culture in daily life by supporting citizen-led greening projects for many years,” and added, “This year, despite the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, we expect continuous urban greening revitalization through harmony among citizens passionate about greening.”

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