Gwangju Seo-gu Selects 35 Projects for Resident Participation Budget

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On the 7th, Seo-gu District Office in Gwangju City finalized the selection of 35 projects following the Resident Participation Budget Committee meeting.
[Photo by Seo-gu, Gwangju]

Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim I-gang) held a Residents' Participatory Budget Committee meeting at the Deulbul Hall of Seo-gu Office on the 7th and selected 35 projects (with a budget of about 900 million KRW) for the 2025 Residents' Participatory Budget.

On this day, through deliberations by the Residents' Participatory Budget Committee subcommittees and the full meeting, the final projects were selected, including ▲Crime Prevention Safe Village Creation Project ▲Installation of Corner Reflectors in Blind Alley Areas ▲Installation of Safety Fences in Hwajeong-dong Scenic Green Spaces ▲Replacement of Ginkgo (Am) Trees ▲Creation of Pocket Parks for Resident Healing ▲Flower Pathway Project in Collaboration with Barefoot Road, among others.

From March to June, Seo-gu conducted a review by relevant departments and an online vote on over 80 proposals received through the Residents' Participatory Budget contest. The selected projects will be included in the 2025 main budget after deliberation by the Seo-gu Council, and the results will be published on the Seo-gu Office website.

Mayor Kim I-gang of Seo-gu said, “Through the process of residents participating in budget formulation, we can realize another power of democracy that incorporates the voices from the field into policy,” and added, “Since the projects selected this time are those that residents truly need, we will do our best to ensure they are practically reflected in district administration.”

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