Suncheon City’s ‘Suncheon Dream Garden Project’ Receives Strong Response from Returnees and New Residents

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Noh Kwan-gyu) announced on the 1st that the newly implemented population policy this year, the ‘Suncheon Dream Garden Creation Project,’ aimed at responding to the risk of population extinction, is receiving great responses from returnees and rural migrants.

The ‘Suncheon Dream Garden’ project is a support initiative for creating gardens in country houses that highlight the characteristics of a garden city. It is a policy designed to induce the settlement of returnees by creating the dream garden in front of their own homes for retirees and returnees to rural areas.

Since recruiting participants in May, three locations including Namje-dong and Juam-myeon have been selected.

A dedicated garden coordinator was assigned to each garden, and all processes, from garden consulting to community formation, were carried out together with the retirees who moved in.

In particular, local residents were utilized as manpower for garden creation, helping to create village jobs and income.

As garden coordinators and local residents worked together with retirees to create the gardens, natural exchanges occurred, and the Dream Garden became a place of communication within the village.

Going forward, retirees who moved in plan to register the gardens as Suncheon City open gardens so that citizens and tourists can enjoy the beauty of the Dream Gardens as garden tourism content.

A Suncheon City official said, “We hope that the creation of Dream Gardens will spread garden culture and promote active exchanges with village residents,” adding, “We will also strive for post-management of the gardens through continuous communication between retirees and garden coordinators.”

Meanwhile, Suncheon City plans to actively promote migration by producing card news, videos, and other materials documenting the project process and results, distributing them not only on SNS but also to major companies in other regions, hometown associations, and other returnees.

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