Our Village Full of Unique Features Made by Ourselves... Haman-gun, 2023 Ara Rural Village Regeneration Project Contest

The appearance of Chilwon Namgu Village (above) and Gokchon Village, selected as excellent villages in the 2022 Gyeongnam Haman-gun Ara Rural Village Regeneration Project.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Haman-gun, Gyeongnam Province, is accepting applications from villages participating in the 2023 Ara Rural Village Regeneration Project until the 23rd.

According to the county, the Ara Rural Village Regeneration Project is a village revitalization initiative that provides 7 million KRW in project funds to each of 15 districts to carry out activities such as village landscape improvement, flower road creation, and environmental maintenance by sector.

Every year, residents of the selected villages directly participate to transform the rural environment, discover the village's potential resources, create distinctive rural villages, and revitalize the village community.

Starting with 8 villages in 2013, the project has been carried out targeting a total of 179 villages up to this year.

Next year, a total project budget of 127 million KRW is planned to be invested, and from 2023, villages can reapply if five years have passed since their participation year.

The county plans to finalize 15 target villages for next year's project by December and hold a project briefing session for the village promotion committee chairpersons and the officials in charge of the eup and myeon (township) to inform them about the project objectives, implementation directions, accounting, and settlement methods.

In June 2023, the county intends to comprehensively consider factors such as the degree of community spirit cultivation, project appropriateness, project effectiveness, and ripple effects through on-site evaluations by eup and myeon officials.

A county official said, “Following Chilwon Namgu and Gokchon villages, which were selected as excellent villages this year, we plan to select excellent villages again next year, provide awards, grant project funds, and offer opportunities for additional project implementation.”

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