Gokseong-gun Launches 'Flowering Market Person' Project at Train Village Traditional Market

11 Billion Invested to Revitalize Gichamaeul Traditional Market

[Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-seon] Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it will promote the ‘Flower Blooming Market Project’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Flower Market Project’) targeting merchants of the Train Village Traditional Market.

Recently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism hosted the ‘Creating Happy Spaces through Public Design 2022’ contest, organized by the Korea Craft & Design Foundation.

Gokseong-gun was selected in the free category of the contest with the basic theme of public design that enhances daily convenience, one of the four major strategies of the comprehensive plan for public design promotion.

Accordingly, Gokseong-gun will promote the Flower Market Project until 2023.

The Flower Market Project is broadly divided into software, hardware, and humanware sectors.

Key detailed projects include operating a collaborative market, developing and producing a market brand and app, designing interior and exterior market spaces, operating rest plazas and food halls, creating outdoor cultural spaces utilizing the green space along Gokseongcheon Stream, and operating a trolley bus connection.

The total project cost is 1.1 billion KRW (550 million KRW from the national government and 550 million KRW from the county), with this year focusing on concretizing the project plan and designing related facilities.

Full-scale operation is planned for 2023.

Gokseong-gun plans to maximize project effectiveness by forming a promotion council with local activists in each field to ensure stable project implementation.

An official from the county stated, “The Train Village Traditional Market is a hub of the local community where residents and tourists come and go, sharing their lives. Through this public design project, we will transform the traditional market into a people-centered space that both locals and visitors can relate to and use.”

Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-seon cha6960@asiae.co.kr

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