Icheon City Mayor Kim Kyung-hee: "We Will Move Forward with the Goals of 'Building a Future City' and 'Enhancing Daily Happiness'"

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Eom In-yong] Icheon City Mayor Kim Kyung-hee announced her New Year vision on the 7th, stating that "2025 will be a year in which we will move forward with vigor toward the goals of 'Building a Future City' and 'Enhancing Daily Happiness'."

Mayor Kim held a New Year press conference in the main conference room of Icheon City Hall, stating "2025, the Year of the Snake, is set as a year to complete many projects launched by the 8th civil-elected term and realize our vision, and we will make the difficult task of 'economic recovery for the people's livelihoods' our top priority in city administration," while announcing five major key initiatives to pursue.

The five major key initiatives announced by Mayor Kim are: ▲Realizing people-centered welfare with hope and future education ▲Building a solid economic foundation to lead the next 50 years ▲Implementing a smart and safe city while improving inconveniences in roads, transportation, and parking ▲Creating an attractive city full of leisure and joy for 365 days ▲Realizing a happy rural area where people want to live and sustainable advanced agriculture.

To this end, the city has drawn up a 2025 main budget totaling 1.2803 trillion won, an increase of 182.6 billion won (15.4%) compared to the previous year, with plans to operate finances more boldly and expansively for the step-by-step completion of major promises and pending projects of the 8th civil-elected term and economic recovery for the people's livelihoods.

Mayor Kim Kyung-hee stated, "While operating the Icheon Love local currency issuance with a target of 11 billion won, we will focus administrative efforts on management environment improvement, traditional market revitalization, neighborhood restaurant field support team operation, and economic recovery for the people's livelihoods." She also said, "The recruitment of the Gyeonggi-type Science High School is a gateway opportunity for Icheon City to advance toward becoming a leading city in nurturing cutting-edge and scientific talent in Korea, so following the first-stage preliminary designation, we will exert our utmost effort together with citizens to achieve final recruitment success, communicate ceaselessly with citizens, and enhance transparency."