Osan City Holds Launch Ceremony for Cultural City Administrative Cooperation Council

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Seo Dong-young] On the 3rd, Osan City formed an administrative cooperation council among relevant departments and held a launch ceremony to finalize the selection of Cultural City and promote sustainable cultural city projects.

The launch ceremony was attended by Cho Yo-han, CEO of the Osan Cultural Foundation, and Cho Ki-bong, Executive Director of the Osan Education Foundation, who are directly implementing the Cultural City project.

The city was selected as a preliminary Cultural City in the second round announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in December last year with the promotion strategy of "Osan Cultural City Thriving through Connection."

Prior to the launch ceremony, Choi Chang-hee, Director of the Cultural City Office at the Cultural Foundation, reported on the policy direction of the Cultural City, progress of preliminary projects to date, and plans for creating a specialized Cultural City in Osan over the next five years.

The city has implemented a total of five preliminary projects, including a pilot project to overcome COVID-19, centered on the Eum Culture Citizen Council, which has maintained continuous participation and interest in Cultural City formation projects through citizen round tables, conferences, and forums last year, as well as citizen communities that formed the foundation of an educational city.

Osan Mayor Gwak Sang-wook stated, "While other local governments have cultural resources that represent their regions, Osan City is actually lacking in tangible cultural resources. However, the achievements of 10 years as an educational city are results achieved based on people, humanware, rather than resources, and I believe that if we create a Cultural City that embodies the value of this process, we can surely expect good results," expressing strong determination for the Cultural City designation.

The city plans to present a blueprint for cultural regeneration of the natural and residential environment, including "Clean Osan Stream where otters live" and "Gwol-dong Hwamok Village," which was selected for the second National Land Ministry Urban Regeneration project, ahead of the Cultural City field evaluation on the 16th.