Hanam Mayor Lee Hyun-jae, "Will Make Full Efforts for Camp Coburn's Success After 18 Years of Drift"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Um In-yong] Hanam Mayor Lee Hyun-jae stated on the 21st at a dialogue with Cheonhyeon-dong residents held at the Cheonhyeon-dong Administrative Welfare Center that "I will do my best to ensure that the Camp Coburn urban development project, which has been adrift for 18 years, succeeds this time."

The Camp Coburn urban development project is an urban development project being pursued as a public-private joint venture to create a convergence complex on the approximately 250,000 square meter Camp Coburn site, a return facility from the U.S. military in the Hasangok-dong area, to strengthen Hanam City's self-sufficiency function through future-oriented cutting-edge industries.

Mayor Lee stated, "On December 11 of last year, we posted a 'Call for Private Participants for the Camp Coburn Complex Self-Sufficient Complex (tentative name) Urban Development Project.' As a result of receiving business participation intention documents, 21 companies submitted their intention documents," and added, "I will make full efforts to select a preferred negotiation partner this year."

Regarding the reconstruction plan for the aging Cheonhyeon-dong Administrative Welfare Center, Mayor Lee said, "Many residents have urged us to build a new office building as the Cheonhyeon-dong Administrative Welfare Center has deteriorated," and added, "We are proceeding with a plan to newly construct the Cheonhyeon-dong Administrative Welfare Center on public land within the Camp Coburn urban development project."

Regarding measures to sustain Sangok Elementary School, which faces closure due to declining student numbers, Mayor Lee stated, "I will consult with the Gwangju-Hanam Office of Education to ensure that schools facing closure can be assigned without being bound by jurisdictional boundaries."