Chungnam, Taean Fishing Village Residential Environment Improvement

Chungnam Province is taking steps to improve the living conditions of fishing villages in Taean.

On the 26th, Chungnam Province announced that Taean-gun was selected in the city/county capacity-building category, and Mageum 3-ri and Nudong 2-ri in Taean were selected in the regional hub development category in the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries’ “2024 New Public Contest for General Rural and Fishing Village Development,” securing a total of 11.9 billion KRW.

According to the selection results, Taean-gun will invest a total project cost of 200 million KRW (140 million KRW national funds and 60 million KRW local funds) to promote ▲ capacity building in project preparation areas such as village colleges ▲ operation of programs to revitalize preparation areas ▲ community revitalization projects such as rural field forums.

The Mageum 3-ri fishing village will invest 3.1 billion KRW (2.2 billion KRW national funds and 900 million KRW local funds) to create a “Happy Living Environment,” expanding basic living infrastructure such as remodeling the village hall and constructing the Mageum Community Center. The Nudong 2-ri fishing village plans to invest 8.6 billion KRW (5.6 billion KRW national funds, 2.4 billion KRW local funds, and 60 million KRW self-contribution) to create a “Multi-value Workplace” by establishing a fish trap experience center, Balhwaji Community, and Janggomhang Local Business Center.

Meanwhile, since 2017, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has been promoting projects aimed at job creation and regional economic revitalization by discovering regionally specialized projects led by residents to improve the landscape of fishing villages.

Chungnam Province has achieved the result of having nine regions (Boryeong 1, Taean 8) selected in the contest from 2018 to this year.

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