Gwangju Seo-gu, Lee Hojin Officer Selected as 'MVP Public Official'

Recognition of Our Neighborhood Healing Park Development Project and Others

Seo-gu, Gwangju City, has selected Lee Hojin, a public official from the Parks and Greenery Division, as the ‘MVP Public Official of the Year.’

According to Seo-gu on the 27th, Lee Hojin was recognized for leading the ‘Our Neighborhood Healing Park Creation Project,’ a community-based initiative that transformed aging local children’s parks into village hub cultural spaces for rest and leisure.

Seogu selected "Lee Hojin, Administrative Officer" as this year's MVP public official. Photo by Seogu

This project is underway in a total of eight children’s parks, and from the planning stage, it has collaborated with residents to create demand-driven healing spaces that reflect local characteristics and residents’ needs, receiving great positive feedback.

At Sangmu Citizen’s Park, a healing picnic area was established where family groups can comfortably relax. This was notable as a practical alternative found through communication and consultation in a situation where creating a camping site, which residents desired, was realistically difficult.

The ‘MVP Public Official of the Year’ was selected by combining the results of resident voting and Seo-gu public official voting held from the 9th to the 20th, along with scores from an internal MVP selection committee, with the highest scoring public official chosen.

Kim Ikang, Mayor of Seo-gu, said, “This award is even more meaningful and valuable as it was chosen directly by the residents,” adding, “We will continue to implement ‘A Living Government by Your Side’ through policies that residents can truly feel.”

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