Daejeon City Pilots Youth Village Operation to Promote 'Community Settlement'

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City is encouraging young people to settle in the local community through a pilot operation of Youth Villages.

The city announced on the 17th that it recently selected Wondong in Dong-gu and Eoeun-dong in Yuseong-gu as the final project sites through the ‘Daejeon Youth Village Creation Project’ contest.

The core of the Youth Village creation is to transform idle spaces within the region into community and startup spaces, supporting local youth and residents to collaborate in operating youth experience programs such as startup education and activities, local exploration, and cultural activities.

The autonomous districts selected in the contest will each receive KRW 250 million (total KRW 500 million) annually for the next three years, and depending on the project performance, they can receive an additional KRW 100 million per year for two more years.

Based on the project, Wondong in Dong-gu plans to create a blacksmith iron culture community village together with residents by utilizing Wondong’s iron culture in the 100-year-old alley Creative Street, the birthplace of Daejeon’s ironworking culture.

Eoeun-dong in Yuseong-gu will establish the ‘Wise Sub-character Village,’ which provides a foundation for business independence such as makers and creators through self-exploration to find a character that suits oneself and capacity building, growing together with the local community.

The city plans to continuously monitor the progress of the two pilot villages and support the projects by providing consulting and other assistance.

Park Mun-yong, Director of the Youth and Family Bureau of the city, said, “Through the pilot creation of Daejeon Youth Villages, we will create a platform where youth and the local community can grow together and actively support the vitality and independence of young people.”

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