Anseong City Wins 'Metropolitan Innovation Award' at First Hometown Love Donation Award

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Anseong City won the 'Metropolitan Innovation Award' at the first '2026 Hometown Love Donation Award' held at the Korea Press Center on the 9th, gaining external recognition for its achievements in operating the Hometown Love Donation system.

The award was jointly hosted by the Korean Local Government Society and Sisa Journal, and was held for the first time with the aim of spreading the achievements of the Hometown Love Donation system and sharing best practices. Exemplary local governments were selected based on a comprehensive evaluation of overall system operations and fundraising and fund utilization cases targeting local governments nationwide.

Anseong City was selected as a recipient of the Metropolitan Innovation Award, gaining recognition for stable operation of the Hometown Love Donation system and achievements in promoting the system that reflects local characteristics. In particular, as a Gyeonggi Province local government, it was evaluated as a meaningful achievement for creating diverse operational cases aligned with the system's purpose.

Previously, the city received the Minister's Prize for best practices in the Hometown Love Donation system under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the SBS Hometown Love Donation Grand Prize, continuing its sustained achievements in the field of system operation through this award.

Meanwhile, the city plans to continuously expand publicity and participation programs to activate the Hometown Love Donation system with this award as an opportunity.

A city official stated, "This award is the result of consistent efforts to establish and activate the Hometown Love Donation system since its introduction," and added, "Going forward, we will do our best to establish the Hometown Love Donation system as a program connecting regions and donors by discovering and expanding participation in fund projects tailored to local circumstances."