Seungro Lee, Seongbuk-gu Mayor, New Year's Meeting at Dong: Where Does the Evolution End?

Seongbuk-gu Holds 2023 New Year Greetings Tour by Dong (Neighborhood)

Time Set for Communication with Residents through Visits to Livelihood Sites

Realizing Resident Participation Administration by Sharing Resident-Led Goodwill Cases

Site Visit to Jeongneung 4-dong (Jeongneunggol Alley-type Shopping District)

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) is holding the ‘Dong New Year Greetings Meeting’ with residents of 20 dongs, starting from Gireum 2-dong on the 30th of last month until the 20th of this month.

This event was prepared to greet residents for the new year of the Year of the Rabbit and to inform them of the major work plans for 2023 by dong. Mayor Lee Seung-ro will personally visit all 20 dongs to conduct the meetings.

About 100 people, including Mayor Lee Seung-ro, local members of the National Assembly, the chairperson of the district council, city and district council members, and residents, are expected to attend the Dong New Year Greetings Meeting.

The meeting includes a time to share cases of resident-led projects and sharing activities that residents have directly discovered and implemented, making it a richer and more diverse resident participation event.

Previously, in Jeongneung 3-dong, Cheon Hye-jeong, a student at Kookmin University, presented the results of a resident-led public-private-academic cooperation project, and in Donam 2-dong, volunteers delivering snacks to elderly living alone shared their experiences and impressions, receiving applause from attendees.

After the event, the mayor visits distinctive living or project sites in each dong to listen to residents’ voices and collect opinions. In Gireum 2-dong, he visited welfare centers and senior citizen centers to hear from the elderly, and in Jeongneung 4-dong, he visited Jeongneunggol Alley Shopping District, recently designated as an alley-type shopping district, to listen to merchants’ difficulties and suggestions. The valuable opinions of residents will be actively reflected in future district administration.

Mayor Lee Seung-ro said, “This Dong New Year Greetings Meeting will be a cornerstone for creating a field-centered, livelihood-centered, and mutually happy Seongbuk in 2023 by listening closely to the voices of local residents and reflecting them in district administration.” He added, “We will continue to communicate on-site, think together about what is most important to residents, and strive to solve difficulties together.”

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, Encourages Life Support Workers Responsible for Elderly Welfare on the Frontline

On the morning of the 6th, Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, after concluding the ‘Sogang-dong Residents’ Meeting for Open Communication with the Mayor,’ visited the Mapo Elderly Care Integrated Center, where a monthly meeting of all life support workers was being held, to encourage the life support workers providing customized elderly care services on the frontline.

The Mapo Elderly Care Integrated Center provides home-based elderly support services and customized elderly care services using various human and material resources for basic livelihood security recipients or low-income elderly in the region, offering tailored services necessary for daily life.

On this day, Mayor Park Gang-su expressed gratitude for the hard work of the life support workers and said, “As we have entered an aging society, we will focus all our capabilities on establishing customized welfare and exploring multifaceted measures to improve elderly welfare, creating an environment where the elderly can receive care in their lives and enjoy a stable old age.”

Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon-gu, Holds ‘Nowon Social Economy Solidarity Social Cooperative Donation Ceremony’

Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon-gu, held the ‘Nowon Social Economy Solidarity Social Cooperative Donation Ceremony’ at 2:20 p.m. on the 6th in the mayor’s office.

The Nowon Social Economy Solidarity Social Cooperative was established to revitalize the local social economy and create a sustainable social economy region based on mutual benefit and solidarity. On this day, the cooperative donated 4 million won as a warm winter fund, hoping to help neighbors in need.

The ceremony was attended by Mayor Oh Seung-rok, Kim Chang-gi, Chairman of the Resalrim Social Cooperative, Lee Kyung-sun, Vice Chairman, Park Chang-su, CEO of Ilchon Nanum Housing, Kim Kyung-ran, Chairperson of the Happiness-Centered Seoul Northeast Consumer Cooperative, and Kim Jeong-sook, Secretary-General of the Nowon Social Economy Solidarity Social Cooperative. The event proceeded with the donation ceremony and commemorative photo session.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok expressed gratitude, saying, “I thank the Nowon Social Economy Solidarity Social Cooperative for extending a helping hand to neighbors in need,” and added, “The donated funds will be used carefully for vulnerable groups in the region.”

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