‘Gurye Jaraneun Community’ Selected as an Excellent Case of Social Innovation

Jeollanam-do 2023 Social Innovation Contest Selection

Creating a Region Where Youth Return and Adolescents Are Happy

Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that the “Gurye Growing Community (Representative Choi Seok-woo)” project, ‘Creating Gurye-like Culture,’ was selected as an excellent case at the Social Innovation Contest Performance Sharing Meeting hosted by Jeollanam-do.

Jeollanam-do reviewed 27 social innovation projects carried out by 16 cities and counties and selected five as excellent cases. On the 27th, the governor’s commendations were awarded to the representatives at the Wangin Room of the Jeonnam Provincial Office.

[Photo by Gurye-gun]

The Growing Community, formed in 2020 centered around Representative Choi Seok-woo, has been actively engaged with a cumulative participation of about 4,000 people to date.

The organization aims to create a healthy youth growth culture through a process where young people who grew up in Gurye and those who returned to Gurye directly consider and solve local issues.

Representative Choi Seok-woo said, “It started with the idea of how to play with bored young people, but now we are thinking about how to change Gurye.”

A county official stated, “We plan to work together to ensure that the achievements of the Growing Community spread throughout Gurye-gun.”

Gurye = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Mi-seok hss79@asiae.co.kr

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