Gumi City Selected Consecutively for Government Population Vitality Projects Utilizing Gumi Station History

Selected for Ministry of the Interior's Low Birthrate Response Contest Using Gumi Station Vacancy

Gumi Station Youth Activity Hub Reborn, Revitalizing the Original Downtown

Gumi City in Gyeongbuk has been selected for the 2023 Local Government Low Birthrate Response Contest Project promoted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety to establish a customized low birthrate response foundation for local governments.

Utilizing the currently vacant second floor of Gumi Station, the project titled "Creation of a Marriage Story Cultural Space" includes establishing a wedding-themed book cafe, an emotional theme zone, small weddings, and a comprehensive support platform for youth life cycles. The city secured 400 million KRW in national funding out of a total project cost of 800 million KRW.

Gumi Station.

Through this project, the city plans to overcome the low birthrate issue by building infrastructure to promote marriage, including improving perceptions about marriage, providing information, and support. It will also guide youth settlement in the region by offering comprehensive policies for youth life cycles covering education, employment, marriage, and childbirth.

This contest project, targeted at local governments nationwide, received project proposals in July and, after document review, on-site inspections, and presentation evaluations, five locations including Gumi were finally selected.

Following its selection in August for the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s ‘Hometown Olle Contest Project’ to create a youth complex cultural space on the first floor of Gumi Station, the city’s consecutive selections for government projects addressing population decline are expected to give further momentum to the creation of a comprehensive youth support hub centered around Gumi Station.

Mayor Kim Jang-ho said, “With the recent reopening of the underground parking lot at the rear plaza of Gumi Station, which was closed for 10 years after refurbishment, and the consecutive contest project selections for population revitalization using the long-vacant first and second floors of Gumi Station, the station is expected to be reborn as a youth activity hub in the Gumi area.” He added, “We will do our best to create a leading youth policy city where young people want to stay and live through revitalization policies for the old downtown area linked with local resources such as the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Metropolitan Railroad scheduled to open at the end of 2024, Geumridan-gil, Munhwa-ro, and Geumo Stream.”

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