Gwangmyeong City Shares Major Results of 'Gwangmyeong-Style Urban Regeneration' with Citizens

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yu Je-sung] Gwangmyeong City enhanced carbon-neutral urban innovation and disclosed the results of its 2025 urban regeneration policy.

The city held the '2025 Gwangmyeong City Urban Regeneration Results Sharing Event' themed around the 'Gwangmyeong City Urban Regeneration Awards' in the city hall conference room on the 2nd, and shared major results of Gwangmyeong-style urban regeneration pursued this year with citizens.

The event was attended by some 80 participants, including members of urban regeneration neighborhood councils and participants in resident recruitment projects who have driven urban regeneration changes over the past year.

In the exhibition session, the city engaged citizen participation by operating displays including △2025 Urban Regeneration Resident Recruitment Project results △Home Repair Project (ZIP) exhibition △The Dream Zero Waste Art Exhibition △Balloon Art photo wall.

The main event recognized outstanding cases based on resident ideas, including the 'You Are Always' project for improving neglected alleys, 'Beyond Imagination' which reinterpreted abandoned spaces as culture and education activity areas, and 'That's Your World Only' community expansion program for youth and citizens.

This year, the city unveiled the carbon-neutral urban regeneration brand 'Green Light Gwangmyeong' and created changes across diverse areas including urban environment and landscape improvement, expanded resident participation, and improved residential environments.

As a result, the city achieved meaningful accomplishments including the grand prize in the Urban Environment and Landscape category of the '2025 Korea Urban and Regional Innovation Awards' and an excellence award in the Resident Participation category of the '2025 Gyeonggi The Dream Regeneration Competition.'

Additionally, in July, Gwangmyeong-dong 3 was selected for the 'continuous operation stage' in The Dream public recruitment, laying the groundwork for pursuing village revitalization projects from 2026 to 2028.

Results continued in the urban regeneration resident recruitment project. Eight teams from areas including Gwangmyeong-dong 3 and Soha-dong 2 successfully implemented life-oriented projects including alley festivals, mural restoration, small concerts, resource circulation programs, and carbon-neutral housing schools.

The Gwangmyeong-dong 3 neighborhood council established a sustainable resident-led model by continuing various projects including small-scale regeneration, new deals, service labs, and continuous operation stages, discovering the 'Rainbow Village Management Social Cooperative,' and launching the 2025 4th operational team.

The Soha-dong 2 neighborhood council also played a key role from the foundation stage through the completion of The Dream regeneration project, realizing community revitalization ideas such as garden creation, resource circulation programs, village record book production, and carbon-neutral housing schools as actual projects.

Meaningful achievements also emerged in residential environment improvement. This year, the city improved 36 aged houses through △Green Home Repair Project △Soha-dong 2 The Dream Home Repair Project, strengthening residential safety for vulnerable populations and the elderly.

Gwangmyeong-style urban regeneration, following the introduction of the 'Special Urban Regeneration Act' in 2013, has continued innovation across diverse areas including carbon neutrality, housing improvement, and localization of community assets based on public-private cooperation where residents, experts, and administration collaborate, establishing a foundation for autonomous growth of resident organizations.

Meanwhile, the city plans to promote △enhanced capacity building for future generation policy participation △discovery of new small-scale residential urban regeneration △cultivation of carbon-neutral community asset models △active linkage and attraction with Gyeonggi Province support projects centered on 'Green Light Gwangmyeong' next year to enhance the completeness of Gwangmyeong-style urban regeneration.

Mayor Park Seung-won stated, "Residents are always at the center of Gwangmyeong-style urban regeneration," and added, "Based on this year's achievements, I will strengthen carbon-neutral urban regeneration and resident-led growth policies to build a sustainable urban foundation where future generations can live with confidence."