Changwon Special City Opens Office for Yulti Port Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project

On the 3rd, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held an opening ceremony for the 'Yulti Port Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project' anchor organization field office at the Yulti Fishermen's Welfare Center in Jinjeon-myeon, Masanhappo-gu.

Attendees at the event included Jo Myeong-rae, the 2nd Deputy Mayor of Changwon City, local provincial and city council members, the representative of the Ramsar Environmental Foundation, heads of local governments in Jinjeon-myeon, and residents of Yulti Village. The Yulti Port anchor organization is a core organization that analyzes the current status of fishing villages and the demand for living services, and comprehensively supports key projects utilizing fishing village resources. The Architecture and Urban Landscape Research Institute is participating in this project.

On the 3rd, Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, held the opening ceremony of the anchor organization field office for the 'Yulti Port Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project' at the Yulti Resident Welfare Center in Jinjeon-myeon.

The main projects of the Yulti Port Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project include ▲establishing a fishing village station to revitalize fishing villages around Changpoman centered on Yulti Port ▲operating social innovation programs to improve residential conditions ▲discovering income-increasing projects utilizing local resources ▲strengthening regional competitiveness to expand related populations.

Deputy Mayor Jo said, “The anchor organization inaugurated today is expected to serve as the main driving force of the project alongside Changwon City, discovering and solving local community issues, and becoming a turning point to restore vitality to fishing villages and increase residents' income.”

Changwon Special City plans to systematically promote the Yulti Port Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project, selected through a public contest by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, by investing a total project cost of 10 billion KRW over four years from 2023 to 2026. Through this project, it aims to establish a self-reliant foundation for fishing villages and actively respond to population decline.

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