Ganghwa County Receives Excellence Award at Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Urban Regeneration Industry Expo

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County announced on the 4th that it received an excellence award at the '2020 Korea Urban Regeneration Industry Expo Excellence Case Presentation Competition' hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, participating as Incheon's representative.

The '2020 Korea Urban Regeneration Industry Expo' is an event hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport where residents, experts, civil servants, and activists who have been working in urban regeneration sites across the country gather to share outcomes and encourage public participation in urban regeneration. This year marks the 7th edition of the event.

Ganghwa County participated as Incheon's representative and presented resident activity cases under the theme 'Ganghwaeup Urban Regeneration, the King's Road is Now Your Road,' winning the HUG Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation Award, an excellence award in the commercialization category.

The Ganghwaeup urban regeneration project won an excellence award in the governance category last year, becoming the recipient of excellence awards for two consecutive years.

Yu Cheon-ho, Governor of Ganghwa County, stated, "I believe this competition result is a valuable outcome achieved through the concerted efforts of Ganghwa County and residents in the Ganghwaeup King's Road urban regeneration project," and added, "We will continue to do our best to establish a foundation for sustainable urban regeneration and improve the quality of life for residents in the original downtown area."