Suwon City's First Community Sharing Space Opens in Songjeok-dong

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City's first 'Community Sharing Space' opened on the 11th in Songjeok-dong, Jangan-gu.

The Songjeok-dong Community Sharing Space (12-3, Jeongjo-ro 1041-gil, Jangan-gu), renovated from the 1st and 3rd floors of the Anshim Village Resident Happiness Rest Center, is a resident-led community activity hub. With a total floor area of 201.96 square meters, construction began in June and was completed at the end of September. The city invested 80 million won.

The Community Sharing Space is where residents communicate and interact. Anyone can discover and propose projects needed in the community. It provides basic living services to vulnerable populations, such as replacing faucets and light fixtures and unclogging toilets, and also offers tool rental and parcel storage services.

The first floor has an office handling parcel storage, tool rental, and requests for home repairs, as well as a book café. The third floor serves as a community program room and resident community space.

The space is operated under contract by the Suwon Sustainable City Foundation's Village Renaissance Center. The Songjeok-dong Resident Autonomous Committee is responsible for running the Community Sharing Space programs.

The city plans to operate a total of four Community Sharing Spaces—one per district by 2022, starting with the Songjeok-dong location.

At the opening ceremony, First Vice Mayor Jo Chung-sik said, "The Community Sharing Space is a place where residents become the main actors to realize a true community and actively interact and communicate," and added, "We hope it will help create a vibrant local community."