Haenam-gun Secures Largest 11.2 Billion KRW in Jeonnam Province for Local Extinction Response Fund

Priority Promotion of Haenam Kim and Sweet Potato Jackpot Product Development Projects

Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do secured a fund of 11.2 billion KRW, the largest amount in Jeollanam-do, by receiving an A grade in the 2024 Local Extinction Response Fund Investment Plan evaluation conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Korea Local Finance Association.

According to the county on the 8th, the basic direction of the 2024 investment plan is set as "The Year of Youth and Economic Specialization," with the vision of "Creating Haenam where people want to stay, return, and live." The plan aims to attract living population, improve the quality of life of the resident population, create jobs through fostering local industries, and revitalize the local economy by promoting five detailed projects.

First, the construction of the youth and multicultural complex cultural space "Nungnung-gil" will be promoted. This project remodels vacant houses near Okdong Elementary School in Hwangsan-myeon to create cultural spaces, start-up, and residential spaces, establishing a new model of a youth village.

Haenam-gun Office Building Exterior View

Additionally, the Haenam Gim (seaweed) and sweet potato hit product development project, selected for the regional SME innovation contest, will be implemented. This project develops hit products using Haenam’s specialty products, gim and sweet potatoes, with direct support from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups for product development and market expansion.

The third project aims to expand the living population by establishing a Haenam-type workation linked to K-content. The Ttangkkeut Hwangto Nara Theme Village will be remodeled to build personal workspaces, shared workspaces, and seminar rooms, supporting remote work for personnel related to K-content institutions such as webtoons and comics.

Expansion of future agricultural facilities for nurturing young farmers will also be carried out. This includes expanding smart farm management practice rental farm facilities within the Haenam Climate Change Response Agricultural Research Complex and creating an eco-friendly smart seedling nursery.

The regional coexistence "Ganghaeyeong" project is a joint tourism brand project among the three local governments of Gangjin, Haenam, and Yeongam. The three regions cooperate to operate tourism content and strengthen competitiveness.

Haenam-gun has formed a joint response council for the Local Extinction Response Fund project, discovering various policies annually. It also operates an administrative council called the Idea Bank to proactively reflect government policies in county administration.

County Governor Myeong Hyeon-gwan stated, “Using the Local Extinction Response Fund as a catalyst, Haenam-gun will lead sustainable development and do its best to create the best Haenam where all residents are happy and want to live.”

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