Youngdeungpo-gu Hosts Resident Briefing for New Senior Center Construction in Gwanggyo University Road

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Youngdeungpo-gu, Suwon held a resident briefing on the 17th at the Gwanggyo Comprehensive Social Welfare Center with approximately 30 residents in attendance, including city and provincial council members, the head of the Gwanggyo Resident Autonomous Committee, and the head representative of University Road Village, regarding the construction of a new senior center on Gwanggyo University Road.

The resident briefing was organized to gather and reflect the opinions of senior center members in Gwanggyo University Road and residents of University 1st Road prior to the start of the new senior center construction project.

The Gwanggyo University Road Senior Center construction project is being undertaken to provide sufficient leisure space for the growing elderly population following the development of the Gwanggyo University Road area. The project is slated to be completed by December 2020 and will be located at 1246-2 Ui-dong, Youngdeungpo-gu.

Jo Moo-gwang, chairman of the Gwanggyo University Road Senior Center, said, “I am very pleased that this long-cherished project of the senior center members is finally breaking ground. I request that we work together to create a convenient senior center that can serve the residents.”

Park Myung-rae, head of the Social Welfare Division, said, “We will make efforts to build a senior center in a good environment by properly reflecting the opinions of senior center members and residents.”