Citizen Planning Committee Dedicates 'Dream Map' to Suwon City

The Citizen Planning Committee, a citizen-participatory urban planning body launched for the first time nationwide with the vision of "creating Suwon's future in the hands of citizens," has completed 123 days of intensive work and finished the 'Dream Map.'

On the 30th, Suwon City held a Citizen-Participatory Urban Planning Festival at the Grand Hall of City Hall, dedicating 'Suwon's Future, the Dream Map,' which was created as the Citizen Planning Committee concluded its activities.

The Citizen Planning Committee reported that it established Suwon's vision as 'Human City Where People and Nature Are Happy' and set three major goals: ▲a city that realizes the values of people and the environment ▲a city where history, culture, tourism, and cutting-edge industries coexist ▲a balanced development city through governance. These were reported on that day.

The three major goals were specified through 12 strategies, and 36 detailed implementation strategies were established to ensure sustainable city management.

The Citizen Planning Committee delivered the 2030 Suwon Urban Master Plan Draft Dream Map to Mayor Yum Tae-young on that day.

The Dream Map provides directions for urban management and development at 11 key landmark points in Suwon, including Suwon Hwaseong Fortress, the airfield, Gwanggyo, Seoho, Sungkyunkwan University, the industrial complex, Suwon Station, Homaesilm, and Samsung Electronics.

Regarding the Suwon Hwaseong Fortress area, it was stated that deteriorated areas should be renovated and stay-type tourism should be activated by connecting food and handicraft streets. For the airfield area, noise countermeasures should be established, and the future site should attract advanced industries.

The Seoho and Yeogisan area should activate urban agriculture while being utilized as an eco-learning space where natural ecosystems thrive, and the area around Sungkyunkwan University should develop cultural welfare facilities using the underground subway interchange.

Around Suwon Station, themed walking streets should be created while developing programs linking with public transportation, and the relocation site of public institutions such as the Rural Development Administration should expand new growth engines and welfare facilities for western Suwon residents.

The Dream Map also includes a basic development plan that divides Suwon into five regional zones: historic and cultural tourism industry (Suwon Hwaseong), eco-friendly environment (Gwanggyo Mountain), knowledge-based convergent industry (Samsung Electronics and Youngtong), new growth industry (Suwon Industrial Complex and the airfield), and cutting-edge environmental industry (Homaesilm and Sungkyunkwan University). It also contains urban spatial concepts including development axes, greenery plans, and cultural tourism plans.

Suwon City plans to reflect this proposal in the 2030 Suwon Urban Master Plan, and tasks such as the revitalization of traditional markets, creation of eco-learning spaces, development of cultural welfare facilities, and themed streets will be reflected in general administration.

For the first time nationwide, Suwon City commissioned 130 citizens and field experts as members of the Citizen Planning Committee and 100 youth as youth planners, intending to enable citizen participation in future urban development. Through five rounds of meetings, the city completed its urban vision.