"Regional Vitality Towns" to Be Established in Buyeo and Cheongyang, Chungnam... Support for Settlement of Youth and Return-to-Farming Residents

'Worker Happiness Town' to Be Built in Guyang-myeon, Buyeo County
Family-Stay Residential Complex Planned for Jeongsan-myeon, Cheongyang County

Comprehensive Plan Map of Buyeo County Regional Vitality Town

Chungnam Province will establish "Regional Vitality Towns" in Buyeo County and Cheongyang County to address the risk of regional extinction.

On May 21, Chungnam Province announced that Buyeo County and Cheongyang County were finally selected for a public contest project jointly promoted by eight ministries, including the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The Regional Vitality Town project is a rural village development initiative that provides integrated support for housing, living infrastructure, and services. Each district will receive up to 2 billion won in national funding, for a total of 4 billion won.

Buyeo County will invest 26.8 billion won by 2029 to create a "Worker Happiness Town" in Osu-ri, Guyang-myeon.

The plan includes 100 rental housing units, a park, an integrated support center, sports facilities, and an entrepreneurship academy.

Cheongyang County will invest 54.6 billion won by 2028 to establish a Regional Vitality Town in Seojeong-ri, Jeongsan-myeon, which will feature a family-stay residential complex, housing for return-to-farming and return-to-rural residents, and facilities to support startups.

The province expects that improving the residential environment and attracting young people and retirees will help boost population inflow and revitalize the region.

Do Somyeongsoo, Director of Balanced Development for the province, stated, "We expect this project to have positive effects such as population inflow and settlement, improved quality of life, and revitalization of the local economy. As the government is expected to expand the Regional Vitality Town contest, we will actively respond to future contests in cooperation with city and county governments."

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