What Are the Achievements of Ryugyeonggi Jungnang-gu Mayor in the First Year of the 8th Elected Term?

Brilliant Growth Created Together by 400,000 Jungnang Residents! Jungnang's Past Year?... The Beginning of the First '1 Trillion Won Budget Era'!

Continuous Communication through Jungnang Masil, Jungnang Vision Roundtable, Alley Cleaning during the First Year of the 8th Elected Term - Visible Growth in Education, Residential Environment Improvement, Economy, and Culture

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, has continued the alley cleaning with residents participating up to the 134th session.

"I hope all children can dream about the future."

"I look forward to Jungnang becoming an economic hub."

In July 2022, these were the wishes conveyed by Jungnang residents with the launch of the 8th elected term. Now, one year later, we look at the changes in Jungnang and envision the blueprint for tomorrow.

Ryu Gyeong-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, spent the past year actively visiting various sites, listening attentively to residents' stories, and communicating with them. The 'Jungnang Masil,' where he candidly talks with residents as if visiting a neighborhood, and the 'Jungnang Vision Roundtable,' which gathers policy ideas from residents of all walks of life, as well as the 'Alley Cleaning' initiative that has been steadily conducted since 2018, have continued up to the 134th session.

Mayor Ryu said, "Alley cleaning is a valuable time to sweep and clean the alleys together with residents, allowing us to talk and communicate closely."

Through continuous communication with residents, local issues discovered have become the foundation for Jungnang-gu's development.

First, the 'Bang Jeong-hwan Education Support Center,' the heart of local education, operates various career experience and major exploration classes, as well as career and college admission programs. The center has gained great popularity among residents, with a user satisfaction rate exceeding 90%.

To meet this high demand, the district is promoting the construction of the 'Second Bang Jeong-hwan Education Support Center,' aiming to open in 2025. Additionally, the education budget, steadily expanded for school environment improvements, has increased to 10 billion won, the second-highest among Seoul's autonomous districts.

Moreover, youth-exclusive spaces like Dinga-dong No. 4, neighborhood care centers No. 4 and 5 to ease childcare concerns, and Jungnang's first public indoor playground, Jungnang Indoor Playground, have opened to support children's healthy and happy growth.

Efforts are also being made to significantly improve the quality of life through residential environment enhancements. Including seven Moa Town sites in Seoul, the district is actively pursuing a total of 18 housing development projects, the most active among Seoul's 25 autonomous districts. The district aims to supply 15,000 public housing units and expand infrastructure such as roads, parks, and parking lots to become a more livable city.

Steps toward becoming a self-sufficient economic city are also accelerating. Two knowledge industry centers located in Sinnae-dong house about 600 companies, creating over 5,000 jobs.

Furthermore, ongoing projects such as the Jungnang Startup Support Center, scheduled to begin construction in 2025, and the fashion industry advancement and advanced R&D center in Yangwon District, expected to be completed in 2026, are anticipated to attract about 1,000 companies and create 10,000 jobs once finished.

Additionally, last year, to revitalize alley commercial districts, Taereung Market and Sangbong Food Alley were registered as alley-type shopping streets.

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang District, greeting residents

The district's representative event, the 'Seoul Rose Festival,' successfully concluded last May with a total of 2.6 million visitors, and the Mangwoo History and Culture Park, a living museum of Korea's modern and contemporary history, received two Seoul Architecture Awards and the Seoul Media Facade Content Excellence Award, recognizing not only the park's historical value but also its cultural significance.

Mayor Ryu Gyeong-gi of Jungnang-gu said, "The development achieved so far in Jungnang-gu is a valuable growth created together by the wishes and passion of 400,000 Jungnang residents," adding, "We will continue to do our best to raise residents' pride so that living in Jungnang-gu remains a source of pride."

This year, Jungnang-gu is ready to take another leap forward by opening the first-ever '1 Trillion Won Budget Era' since its establishment in 1988. The construction of the Myeonmok Yusuji Culture and Sports Complex Center, aimed at providing diverse cultural activities for residents, has also officially started, and projects to improve residents' convenience, such as the construction of the Myeonmok-dong Library and Parking Complex, undergrounding projects, and expansion of public parking lots, are progressing steadily.

The changes and growth of Jungnang-gu over the past year can be experienced in a special exhibition this July. The exhibition, titled 'Living in the Shining Jungnang Now,' will be held from July 3 to 28 in the lobby on the first floor of Jungnang-gu Office and is open to all visitors.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.