Uijeongbu-si, Chudong Forest Garden Citizen Participation Group Begins First Activity

First Step Toward a "Garden City Where People Want to Walk and Stay"
Chudong Forest Garden Citizen Participation Group Begins Activities

Uijeongbu City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kim Dong-geun) announced on the 25th that the Chudong Forest Garden Citizen Participation Group began its first activity on the 24th.

The Chudong Forest Garden Citizen Participation Group in Uijeongbu City began their first activity on the 24th. Photo by Uijeongbu City

This activity is significant as it marks the first step of direct citizen participation for the systematic creation and efficient management of the Chudong Forest Garden.

The Chudong Forest Garden creation project is a plan to connect three symbolic spaces, twelve gardens, and five themed forests with a forest trail by 2030. To this end, the Chudong Forest Garden Citizen Participation Group, consisting of 41 Uijeongbu citizens, will work together with the city until the end of this year.

On this day, the citizen participation group carried out pruning work to improve park management convenience and conducted a preliminary exploration to facilitate the smooth creation of the garden in the future. Through this, they reviewed the current status of the Chudong Forest Garden and took time to understand the direction of its development in advance.

Based on this activity, the citizen participation group plans to hold monthly meetings regarding the park creation plan and also participate in planting herbaceous plants.

An official from Uijeongbu City stated, “We will develop the Chudong Forest Garden beyond a simple green space into a participatory forest garden created directly by citizens, realizing a ‘garden city where people want to walk and stay.’”

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