Sema-dong, Osan City Honored for Award at National Resident Autonomy Exhibition

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The Sema-dong Resident Autonomy Committee (Chairman Jung Chan-sung) of Osan City received the Ministry of Public Administration and Security Minister's Award, the top excellence award in the ‘Community Revitalization Category’ at the 18th National Resident Autonomy Exhibition held at the Daejeon Convention Center on the 29th.

The National Resident Autonomy Exhibition recruited outstanding cases across five categories including resident autonomy, community revitalization, learning communities, resident organization networks, and institutional policies, and proceeded through first-round document review and second-round interview evaluation.

In the community revitalization category, 180 cases were submitted nationwide. Sema-dong was selected as one of seven top excellence cases alongside Ganseok-1-dong in Nam-dong District, Incheon and Yeonseong-dong in Siheung City.

The Sema-dong Resident Autonomy Committee received praise for its local cooperative system operating to sell, distribute, and cultivate organic agricultural and special products in the region, and for improving deteriorated neighborhood environments and undesirable facilities through community mural painting projects in safe villages.

Chairman Jung Chan-sung said, “We were able to achieve positive results through the interest and support of many people including the members of the Sema-dong Resident Autonomy Committee, members of various organizations in Sema-dong, and civil servants in charge of Sema-dong. We will continue to make greater efforts to promote resident autonomy and recover a warm community.”