Gwacheon City Opens Two New Senior Community Centers in Knowledge Information Town

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yu Je-seong] Gwacheon City opened the Ortus (S1) Senior Community Center in Gwacheon Knowledge Information Town on the 29th. Previously, on the 27th, the Lin Famille (S8) Senior Community Center opened its doors, with rest areas for seniors in the Knowledge Information Town opening successively.

The opening ceremony for the Ortus Senior Community Center was attended by Mayor Shin Gye-yong, Kang Shin-tae, chairman of the Korea Senior Association Gwacheon Branch, and around 50 seniors from the complex, who toured the newly created space and celebrated the opening together.

The two newly opened senior community centers have been designed to allow seniors to comfortably stay and enjoy leisure in their daily lives. They are equipped with basic amenities including kitchen supplies, office furniture, and computers, and are fully equipped with heating and cooling systems to ensure comfortable use regardless of season.

The city expects that since the newly opened senior community centers are located within apartment complexes, they will be utilized as communication spaces in daily life where seniors can share bonds with neighbors.

Mayor Shin Gye-yong said, “A senior community center is the closest shared community space where seniors spend their days,” and added, “The city will continue to make steady efforts to expand welfare spaces throughout the city, including the Knowledge Information Town, where seniors can comfortably use.”

Meanwhile, the city operates a total of 38 senior community centers, including the two that opened this time. The city continues to support seniors' daily lives through various programs, including meal support and meal preparation assistance through the Ureng Gaksi project, yoga classes, singing classes, senior community center supporter projects, and mobile early dementia screening at senior community centers.