Yongin City Secures 100 Million Won in Provincial Funding for 2022 Community Hub Support Project

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin City has been selected as a final recipient of the Gyeonggi Province-sponsored '2022 Community Hub Support Project by City and County' and has secured 100 million won in project funding.

The community hub support project by city and county is a program in which Gyeonggi Province provides up to 100 million won in facility construction costs to create spaces where village community activists can communicate.

The city plans to use the provincial funding secured through this recruitment to install a shared conference room and multipurpose room on the second floor of the Yongin Social Economy Hub Center located in Samga-dong, Cheoin-gu by June next year.

The city expects that the Yongin Social Economy Hub Center, as it is located adjacent to the Administrative Town and City Hall as well as Yongin University Station, will be conveniently accessible to not only village community members but all local residents.

A city official stated, "The space to be established at the center is expected to serve as a hub where village community activists can continuously engage in activities as well as a community gathering space for local residents," and added, "Going forward, we will revitalize village communities through policies and projects tailored to the expectations of residents."

Meanwhile, the city has been laying the groundwork for residents to voluntarily form communities and for community activists to continuously engage in activities since 2015, implementing a resident proposal recruitment project for village communities.