Gangjin-gun Secures 7 Billion KRW in National and Provincial Funds for Malyang Agricultural and Industrial Complex Environmental Improvement Project

Youth Culture Center, 10 Billion Won Invested in Creating Beautiful Streets

County Governor Kang Jin-won: "We Will Continue Efforts for the Rebirth of the Agricultural and Industrial Complex"

Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 2nd that it was finally selected for the 2024 Agricultural and Industrial Complex Package Support Project on the 25th of last month.

Supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and hosted by the Korea Industrial Complex Corporation, this project will invest a total of 10 billion KRW, including 7 billion KRW from national and provincial funds, into the aging Maryang Agricultural and Industrial Complex, which has been in operation since its completion in 1988. The project aims to improve the living conditions and working environment for workers in the agricultural and industrial complex.

The main project contents include the construction of the Maryang Agricultural and Industrial Complex 'Youth Culture Center,' the creation of a 'Beautiful Street,' and the 'Youth-Friendly Renewal of Individual Factories.' To promote a demand-oriented project, Gangjin-gun collected opinions on necessary facilities and environmental improvements from resident companies and workers in August last year.

Maryang Youth Culture Center Bird's-eye View
[Photo by Gangjin-gun]

Additionally, in cooperation with the Maryang Agricultural and Industrial Complex Resident Companies Council and related organizations, measures to revitalize the agricultural and industrial complex were discussed, and collaborative projects were discovered through consultations with various institutions to establish a revitalization plan for the Maryang Agricultural and Industrial Complex.

Based on this, the planned Youth Culture Center is expected to provide youth-friendly infrastructure equipped with residential spaces, cultural, and leisure facilities in fishing villages facing the risk of population extinction, in connection with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries’ already selected '2024 Fishing Village New Vitality Promotion Project.'

The construction plan places healing rooms, a youth caf?, a fitness room, a lounge, and meeting rooms on the first and second floors, while the third floor will have 12 residential studio rooms and a resting area.

In particular, by newly establishing residential studio rooms, it is expected to encourage workers who commute long distances from other regions to reside within the area, contributing to an increase in the youth population and revitalization of the local economy.

The 'Beautiful Street Creation Project' will be carried out in connection with the MI project currently underway in Gangjin-gun, including road maintenance and installation of sculptures within the agricultural and industrial complex, expansion of green spaces, and reinforcement of nighttime lighting facilities. The project is planned to develop a space that serves as a rest area centered on workers during the day and as a daily healing space for local residents for walking and exercise at night.

Gang Jin-won, the county governor, stated, “Through the Maryang Agricultural and Industrial Complex environment creation project, we will provide cultural spaces and resting areas that workers and residents can use comfortably and safely,” and added, “We will make continuous efforts to strengthen the competitiveness of the Maryang Agricultural and Industrial Complex and improve living conditions to enable the rebirth of the agricultural and industrial complex.”

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