Pyeongtaek City Holds Awards Ceremony for Urban Forest and Wind Corridor Forest Naming Contest

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek City held an awards ceremony for its urban forest and wind corridor forest naming contest on the 20th.

The city collected a total of 255 submissions of ideas from citizens from September 15 to October 12 in five categories: the 'representative name for Pyeongtaek City's urban forest' and four sections of the wind corridor forest project—'National Route 1,' 'Tongbok Stream,' 'Jinwi Stream,' and 'Anseong Stream.'

Following three rounds of review including deliberation by the Pyeongtaek City Urban Forest Creation and Review Committee, the representative name for the urban forest was decided as 'Pyeongtaek Citizens' Forest,' while the representative names for the wind corridor forest were selected as 'National Route 1–Green Tunnel Forest,' 'Tongbok Stream–Clear Breath Happy Forest,' 'Jinwi Stream–Starlight Forest,' and 'Anseong Stream–Gentle Breeze Forest.'

Kim Ju-young, the grand prize winner attending the awards ceremony, said, "I was delighted to participate in Pyeongtaek City's urban forest project through this opportunity, and I extend my gratitude to the city officials who work tirelessly on this initiative."

Mayor Jung Jang-seon stated, "I thank the citizens for taking great interest in the urban forest project, and we plan to continue pushing forward various projects to ensure that the urban forest becomes one that is created together with our citizens, so we ask for your active participation."