Creating Suwon's Future with Citizens' Hands

Suwon City held a Phase 1 meeting of the Citizens' Planning Group for establishing the Basic Urban Plan for Vision 2030 Human-Centered City Suwon on the 28th under the slogan "Creating Suwon's Future with Citizens' Hands."

The meeting was attended by approximately 160 participants including Mayor Yeom Tae-young, the citizens' planning group members appointed on February 29th, city council members, and related government officials. The meeting proceeded with Mayor Yeom's opening remarks, an introduction of the citizens' planning group operational plan by Vice Mayor Lee Jae-jun, and a keynote presentation by Professor Heo Jae-wan of Chung-Ang University.

Following this, to establish the "vision and goals" representing Suwon's future image, lively discussions were held by each division of the citizens' planning group on topics including balanced development and community building, environmental capital, historic and cultural city, downtown revitalization and economic activation.

Subsequently, the meeting proceeded with citizens directly voting to determine the "vision and goals" representing Suwon's future image 20 years ahead. After competitive deliberation, "Human-Centered City Suwon Where People and Nature Are Happy" was determined as Suwon's future image with a narrow margin of less than 5%.

This meeting marks the first step in transitioning from citizen-participatory urban planning led by a small number of experts in the past to citizen-led urban planning. The 2030 Suwon Basic Urban Plan will be developed step by step together with 130 citizen planners.

Vice Mayor Lee Jae-jun stated, "It is expected to serve as the foundation for development into a welcoming, people-centered city based on a picture directly drawn by citizens' hands."

Meanwhile, the Citizens' Planning Group plans to establish a long-term and comprehensive plan for Suwon City 20 years ahead that responds to citizens' demands through a total of five phase meetings by the end of June.