Osan Selected as Excellent Municipality in 'Living SOC Complex Family Center' Contest

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 24th that it has been selected as an excellent municipality in the '2020 Living SOC Complex Family Center' best practice competition hosted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Korea Family Health Promotion Institute.

The 'Living SOC Complex Project' is a project to construct facilities necessary for daily life, such as libraries, childcare facilities, and cultural centers, in a single building.

The competition evaluated approximately 70 local governments promoting SOC construction of family centers, assessing the appropriateness of family center space design, validity of operational plans, and safety measures.

Osan City is promoting the construction of a Living SOC Complex Family Center at 98 Cheonghak-ro, Osan, with a target completion date of 2022.

The 'Family Center' that the city is constructing will be housed together with the Namchon-dong Administrative Welfare Center and has been designed with a multi-purpose family communication and exchange space on the first floor in a two-story structure connecting to external spaces, enhancing linkage with outdoor activities and earning high marks in space design evaluation.

The Family Center, spanning 16,790㎡ of land with 1 to 3 floors above ground, will house ▲Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center ▲Counseling Rooms ▲Multicultural Children's Language Class ▲Shared Childcare Support Center ▲Community Care Center ▲Multi-purpose Family Communication and Exchange Space, and more.

The city expects the Family Center to contribute to the formation of new communities by facilitating information sharing among multicultural families, providing individual and family counseling, and supporting mutual aid and communication networks.

Osan City Mayor Kwak Sang-wook stated, "The Family Center will provide diverse welfare services for all families, including multicultural families," and added, "We will push forward the project without setbacks to establish it as the nation's leading family center, living up to expectations."