Gyeonggi Province Supports Up to 1 Million Won for Enhancing Safety and Convenience of Traditional Markets

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 5th that it will carry out the "2021 Traditional Market Safety Enhancement Project" to create a safe and convenient shopping environment in traditional markets, and will conduct the 2nd recruitment of markets participating in the facilities sector.

The 'Traditional Market Safety Enhancement Project' is an annual project pursued by Gyeonggi Province to enable residents to use traditional markets more conveniently in a safer environment. This year, 2 billion won in project funds will be invested.

First, through the 1st recruitment conducted from January to March, 15 markets in 7 cities and counties were selected. Through this 2nd recruitment, approximately 10 traditional markets will be selected as support targets.

Support targets are traditional markets and shopping districts registered in each city and county within the province, and commercial revitalization areas, based on the "Special Act for the Promotion and Development of Traditional Markets and Shopping Districts."

In particular, the province plans to prioritize areas where rent reduction storefronts account for 20% or more, areas where applications for Gyeonggi Regional Love Gift Card merchant status account for 50% or more, traditional markets selected for fire alarm facility and aging wiring maintenance projects promoted by the Small Business Administration or areas with fire detectors at 50% or more, and areas with fire mutual aid subscription rates of 50% or more.

Through this traditional market safety enhancement project, the province will support four major safety facility sectors—△automatic external defibrillators, △public area safety CCTV, △aging wiring maintenance, and △fire facility installation—without merchant contributions, with 50% covered by provincial funds and 50% by city and county funds. The maximum support per market is 1 million won.

The province will prioritize support for 22 automatic external defibrillators, and for public area CCTV, it will install units with real-time surveillance functions that activate during fire incidents, while interconnecting with already-installed CCTV systems to enable real-time management through smartphone apps.

Aging wiring maintenance will support the installation of electrical equipment in public areas such as distribution panels, circuit breakers, electrical wiring, wiring devices, and LED light fixtures. Fire facility installation will support the installation of firefighting equipment such as emergency fire extinguisher boxes, fire hoses, and sprinklers.

However, markets that pursue projects that increase the value of private property, such as individual store facility improvements, or markets that have not submitted traditional market and shopping district zone maps will be excluded from support targets.

Traditional markets wishing to participate should consult with the relevant city or county office by April 23 and submit an official document to Gyeonggi Province.

The province will conduct document review and on-site evaluation, assess project efficiency and feasibility, and market revitalization levels, and plans to select support targets around May to proceed with the project.

For more information, refer to the Gyeonggi Province website (www.gg.go.kr) notice and announcement bulletin board or contact the Gyeonggi Province Small Business Department (031-8030-2853).