‘Kkumteul Kkumteul’ Pohang Jungang-dong Old Downtown Revitalizes... Mayor Lee Kang-deok Inspects ‘Kkumtree Center’ Opening

Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang is conducting final inspections at the construction site of the Dream Tree Center, which will revitalize the original downtown area of Jungang-dong.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Lee Gang-deok, Mayor of Pohang, visited the Kkumtree Center, a hub facility under development as part of the Jungang-dong Urban Regeneration New Deal project, on the 18th to inspect the site.

This center will serve as a youth culture house and a youth startup platform. Mayor Lee checked the progress and on-site risk factors near the end of the construction and encouraged the officials involved.

Scheduled to open on October 29, the 'Kkumtree Center' is being built on the site of the former Pohang City Buk-gu Office, with one basement floor and four above-ground floors, covering a building area of 1,590㎡. The first floor will house the youth startup platform operation office, the second and third floors will be the youth culture welfare play space called the Youth Culture House, and the fourth floor will be the youth startup platform serving as a startup hub for young people.

On the second floor of the Youth Culture House, there will be a youth after-school academy, a creative science room, a YouTube broadcasting room, and an image-making classroom. The third floor will include a music room, dance room, and multipurpose auditorium, providing local youth with a healthy play culture and cultural space.

Additionally, the fourth floor will host the Youth Center and the youth startup job platform, offering programs and spaces to strengthen the capabilities of young people.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok of Pohang said, “Through the Kkumtree Center created by the urban regeneration project, I hope the old downtown area will become a vibrant space where youth and young people can gather and enjoy themselves,” adding, “I hope the two hub facilities, Kkumtree Center and Buk-gu Office Cultural Arts Factory, will greatly contribute to the revitalization of Jungang-dong as citizen-centered spaces.”

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