Two Public Childcare Facilities Open in Gwangmyeong's Chulsan Xi The Heritage Complex

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yu Je-sung] Two public childcare facilities have opened in Gwangmyeong City.

On the 6th, the city held opening ceremonies for the ‘Municipal The Heritage Childcare Center’ and ‘Municipal The Heritage Daon Childcare Center’ within the Chulsan Xi The Heritage complex.

The opening ceremony was attended by approximately 50 people including Gwangmyeong Mayor Park Seung-won, parents, and local residents to celebrate the opening of the new public childcare facilities.

The city concluded an agreement in March with the Chulsan Jugong 8th and 9th Complex Housing Reconstruction and Improvement Association for the installation and operation of public childcare centers, and through the selection of management operators and remodeling, created a childcare environment where a total of 259 infants and toddlers can be served at the two childcare facilities.

Both childcare centers are located within the apartment complex management buildings.

The ‘Municipal The Heritage Childcare Center’ covers approximately 476㎡ with a capacity of 83 children, while the ‘Municipal The Heritage Daon Childcare Center’ spans approximately 994㎡ and can serve 176 infants and toddlers.

In particular, the ‘Municipal The Heritage Childcare Center’ operates an ‘Anytime Childcare Center’ that offers round-the-clock childcare services available weekdays, weekends, and holidays whenever emergency or temporary childcare is needed.

Meanwhile, the city operates a total of 39 public childcare facilities including the two that opened this time, and plans to continue expanding policies to strengthen the public nature of childcare services.

Mayor Park Seung-won said, “A childcare facility goes beyond a simple care space to become an important social foundation for balanced growth and development of children,” and added, “Gwangmyeong City will make every effort to create a safe and trustworthy public childcare environment going forward.”