Muan-gun Holds Public-Private Meeting to Revitalize Mokpo University Back Gate Commercial Area

Marathon Debate Competition on Revitalizing Local Commercial Districts in November

On the 18th, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) held a heated meeting at Mokpo National University to revitalize the commercial district behind Mokpo National University. About 20 related personnel attended, including representatives from Jeollanam-do, Muan-gun, Mokpo National University, Small Enterprise and Market Service, Muan-gun Small Business Association, and Cheonggye-myeon Merchants Association.

According to the county, this meeting was held because the commercial district behind Mokpo National University has rapidly increased vacant stores since COVID-19, causing the commercial area to stagnate. To revive the alley commercial district, public and private sectors put their heads together and reached a consensus through the meeting that short- and mid-to-long-term goals should be established and promoted step by step.

Muan County is holding a public-private meeting to revitalize the commercial area near the back gate of Mokpo University.
[Photo by Muan County]

Moon Yu-geun, head of the Mokpo Center of the Small Enterprise and Market Service, said, “The Cheonggye back gate commercial district should first be designated as an alley-type shopping street, and in the future, the entire commercial district in Cheonggye-myeon should be designated as a self-regulated commercial district to attract various national and provincial government project competitions and revitalize the commercial district.”

Also, Professor Lee Seok-in of Mokpo National University emphasized, “Our area has about 11,000 floating population visiting Seungdalsan and golf courses daily, and since these people are potential customers, it is necessary to create a university town utilizing local resources.” He announced, “In November, we plan to hold a marathon debate competition to revive neighborhood commercial districts, consulting excellent ideas to each store to create a specialized commercial district.”

Lee Hye-hyang, head of the Regional Economy Division of Muan-gun, stated, “We will do our best to revitalize the Cheonggye commercial district in connection with the Cheonggye-myeon urban regeneration project and to enable mutual growth in the region by utilizing the expertise of Mokpo National University.”

Muan = Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo just8440@asiae.co.kr

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