Pyeongtaek City Holds Urban Forest Slogan Contest Awards Ceremony

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held an awards ceremony for its urban forest slogan contest on the 30th.

The contest was conducted over 15 days from the 10th to the 24th to select and discover a representative slogan for Pyeongtaek City's urban forest. A total of 605 entries were received.

After three rounds of judging, the grand prize winner was Kim Yong-kyu for "The Harmony of City and Forest, Pyeongtaek!", the excellence award went to "The City Becomes Forest. Pyeongtaek Smiles", and the encouragement award went to "Close Forest, Breathing Forest, Pyeongtaek Forest".

Mayor Chung Jang-sun of Pyeongtaek City said, "I appreciate the many citizens who took interest and participated in this urban forest slogan contest," and added, "We will continue to promote urban forest creation while utilizing the representative slogan suitable for Pyeongtaek."

Meanwhile, Pyeongtaek City, which has one of the lowest forest coverage rates nationwide, has secured 11 billion won in national funds for urban forest creation and is implementing the "Fine Dust Blocking Forest Creation Project" and the "Urban Wind Corridor Forest Creation Project". The city is demonstrating achievements as a model city in urban forest creation by reusing trees discarded in development projects.