'Kim Dong-yeon Type' Original Downtown Regeneration Projects to be Promoted in 79 Areas This Year

Gyeonggi Province will actively promote urban regeneration projects in 79 old downtown areas within the province.

On the 1st, Gyeonggi Province announced that starting in March, it will operate the ‘Gyeonggi The Dream Regeneration Service Lab’ in Gwangmyeong, which will be responsible for education, promotion, and communication related to old downtown urban regeneration projects.

The Gyeonggi The Dream Regeneration Service Lab will strengthen educational programs aimed at restoring communities in declining old downtown areas and will play a role in maintaining and supporting infrastructure to alleviate residents' daily inconveniences.

The lab will be utilized as a demand-centered hub space at the Gyeonggi Urban Regeneration Support Center, which is operated by Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation (GH) under consignment from Gyeonggi Province. Additionally, it will work with local residents and experts to solve regional issues and promote community revitalization such as local management.

Through this service lab, Gyeonggi Province will conduct ▲ seeking solutions to regional issues and problems ▲ creating and operating complex cultural spaces ▲ running community activation programs ▲ documenting and promoting operational achievements ▲ serving as an urban regeneration network and platform ▲ providing demand-centered customized education.

The facility will be located on the second floor of the Gwangmyeong-si Eoulligi Cultural Development Center (126-31, Gwangmyeong-dong, Gwangmyeong-si), a hub space created through urban regeneration projects.

Earlier, Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon stated, "For balanced redevelopment, we will pay attention not only to the problems of the first-generation new towns but also to the aging residential areas in old downtowns."

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi Province will actively promote urban regeneration projects starting this year in a total of 79 locations, including 66 sites selected in the government’s urban regeneration contest projects and 13 sites confirmed for Gyeonggi-type urban regeneration projects.

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