Namwon-si Selected for 'Rural Space Improvement Project' Contest... Secures 5 Billion KRW in Funding

Published 07 Sep.2022 16:59(KST)

[Namwon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Young-gwon] On the 7th, Namwon City in Jeonbuk announced that it was finally selected for the 2022 Rural Space Maintenance Project contest and secured a project budget of 5 billion KRW.

The Rural Space Maintenance Project is a project that aims to regenerate rural spaces through rural space restructuring by improving harmful facilities in rural areas and enhancing the rural residential environment.

The city has recommended the Ayoung district, where livestock barns can be closed, after comprehensively reviewing on-site surveys, project briefings, and project feasibility targeting 16 rural towns and townships for the rural space maintenance plan.

This project, spanning five years from this year to 2026, plans to restore rural characteristics by demolishing harmful facilities such as livestock barns in rural areas, improve the rural residential environment, and create a rental housing complex for those wishing to return to farming or rural living, thereby establishing a happy community village through rural space restructuring.

In addition, old village warehouses will be refurbished and utilized as spaces for resource regeneration, village forests and resting areas will be created, and spaces where returnees to farming and rural residents can mingle and communicate will be established.

Mayor Choi Kyung-sik said, “According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs policy direction ‘Enactment of the Rural Space Restructuring and Regeneration Support Act 2022,’ we plan to discover 10 districts by 2031 to improve the quality of life in rural areas.”