Hamyang County Wins Grand Prize at 2025 Comprehensive Urban Regeneration Performance Evaluation

Indang Village's "Our Neighborhood Revitalization Project" Wins Grand Prize

Hamyang County in South Gyeongsang Province announced on the 4th that Indang Village received the Grand Prize in the operation and management (hub facility) category at the '2025 Comprehensive Urban Regeneration Performance Evaluation Competition' organized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

This evaluation was a large-scale national competition that comprehensively assessed the operational performance of urban regeneration projects by local governments across the country, with a total of 64 urban regeneration project sites participating. Nineteen regions that passed the preliminary round advanced to the finals, and Hamyang County's 'Indang Village Our Neighborhood Revitalization Project' achieved the Grand Prize.

Since Indang Village was selected as the target site for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 'Our Neighborhood Revitalization Project' in 2019, a total of 8.3 billion won has been invested from 2019 to last year to implement a variety of local revitalization projects.

Photo of Hamyang County receiving the 'Grand Prize' in the 2025 Comprehensive Urban Regeneration Performance Evaluation.

In this evaluation, Hamyang County received consistently high scores across all categories, including the validity of the hub facility's purpose, the resident-led management system, the effectiveness in improving the local economy and living environment, as well as future scalability and sustainability.

In particular, Indang Village was highly praised for its operation of complex hub facilities such as 'Kongsam's Bakery,' 'Farming Space,' and 'Shared Office,' which expanded the foundation for local job creation and resident activities. The village also established a sustainable management model based on a resident cooperative, which was well received by the judges.

Additionally, the Indang Village Cooperative was recognized for its ongoing social contribution activities, such as hosting events for seniors during the hottest days of summer and kimchi-making sharing events, which contributed to the restoration of the local community. This is considered a representative example of practicing the core values of urban regeneration: 'resident-led initiatives' and 'community restoration.'

County Governor Jin Byungyoung stated, "Indang Village is a model case of urban regeneration, where residents directly participate in operations and collaborate with the administration to solve local issues. With this award as momentum, we will further develop a systematic model to expand changes that residents can truly feel."

Hamyang County plans to continue actively promoting the spread of urban regeneration projects and the discovery of related initiatives based on the successful example of Indang Village. The county will also actively participate in various public project applications to continuously expand the achievements of regional development.

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