Donghae City Focuses on Well-Being and Environmental Initiatives for 2023

Planned site for construction of Baekse Health Sports Center in Donghae Wellbeing Leisure Sports Town[사진=동해시]

In Donghae City, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, the construction of the Baekse Health Sports Center within the Donghae Well-being Leisure Sports Town is being promoted in earnest.

According to Donghae City on the 10th, the city has already entered a super-aging society with the elderly population exceeding 20% ​​at the end of 2021, and rapid aging is underway. The city is meeting the high demand for sports sports preferred by the elderly, such as gateball and badminton, and improving weather and weather conditions. It was stated that there is a growing need to provide conditions that allow for physical activity regardless of sport.



Accordingly, in September of last year, the city was selected for a public contest for the 2024 Sports Facility Expansion Support Project and invested KRW 10 billion in project expenses, including KRW 3 billion in national funds (funds), to meet the expectations of the elderly for sports activities and improve the health and physical strength of the elderly. They said they would build a customized gym for them.



The sports center being built this time has three floors above ground and a total floor area of ​​2,737㎡ (829 pyeong), with a health measurement and exercise prescription room and gateball court on the first floor, a badminton court, GX (Group Exercise) room and office on the second floor, and an office on the third floor. A multi-purpose indoor gymnasium will be built.



Currently, an application for local financial investment review has been applied to the province, and if the investment review passes in the future, the plan is to complete administrative procedures such as preliminary review of the business plan (Public Architectural Support Center) and public architecture review, and then proceed with basic and detailed design in the second half of this year. am.

In particular, there is a youth center recently completed near the project site, which allows for interaction between the youth and the elderly generation, and has the advantage of linking with senior facilities such as senior centers and senior welfare centers in the area. The construction of the Baekse Health Sports Center will help the elderly By expanding the base of daily sports activities, we expect to prepare for a healthy retirement life in the age of 100 as life expectancy increases, and to contribute to the expansion of universal sports welfare by eliminating blind spots in sports welfare.



Lee Yong-bin, head of the Physical Education Department, said, “With the opening of the Haeoreum Sports Center, a complex sports and cultural facility, last year, it became possible to provide balanced sports services for daily life across the South and North, and with the construction of the Baekse Health Sports Center in the future, the base for daily sports for the elderly will expand. Of course, we will accelerate our efforts to provide customized services that encompass all generations, including promoting health and physical strength.”

The first practical training was held at 10 am on the 9th in the main performance hall of the Culture and Arts Center.[사진=동해시]

In addition, Donghae City announced that it will hold practical training for farmers in the new year at the Agricultural Technology Center until the 25th.



The New Year’s Practical Education for Farmers was designed to help solve problems in the farming field and help farmers design their New Year’s farming plans by acquiring new skills.



According to the Donghae City Agricultural Technology Center, at 10 a.m. on the 9th at the main performance hall of the Culture and Arts Center, 500 people, including Mayor Shim Gyu-eon, Chairman Lee Dong-ho, NH Nonghyup Donghae City Branch Manager Kim Jong-gon, Donghae Agricultural Cooperative President Kim Won-oh, and Park Jae-gap, Chairman of the Korea Rural Leaders’ Association of East Sea Hash, as well as officials and farmers, attended. It was reported that the first practical training was held with about 80 people in attendance.



The practical training, which will be held a total of 8 times until the 25th, is for members of the Rural Leaders Association, Agricultural Managers Association, Livelihood Improvement Association, Women Farmers Association, and Product Research Association on crop processes such as rice, beekeeping, corn, grapes, beans, and garlic, and agricultural machinery. In addition to agricultural work safety training, direct payment training that general farmers can also attend will also be provided.



In particular, the city invited excellent instructors specializing in each subject to improve the quality of education, provided opportunities to experience new technologies, and provided various agricultural support through direct payment education for farmers and policy education to guide agricultural policies. He said he plans to guide the business easily.



Jeong Mi-kyung, director of the Agricultural Technology Center, said, “We hope that by providing practical training that farmers need during the off-season, this will lead to improved farming environments and income generation for farmers.”

Donghae City Waste Treatment Plant[사진=이동원 기자]

In addition, Donghae City announced that, following last year, it will take the lead in practicing resource circulation through a recycling product contest this year as well.



The city collected about 1,285 tons of recyclables last year, and is making efforts to spread a resource circulation culture by inviting external lecturers, such as environmental education experts, to take zero waste actions, reduce waste, separate disposal, and recycle.



The recycling collection contest is a contest that selects the best-performing districts based on their performance in collecting and promoting recyclables. Last year, Mukho-dong was selected as the best, Bugok-dong was selected as excellent, and Cheongok-dong and Balhan-dong were each selected as encouragement.



In order to reduce waste and increase recycling, Donghae City will be holding a contest for 10 administrative welfare centers in the city until November 30th, and will collect results of resident participation in the recycling product exchange project and recyclables recovered through the transparent PET bottle unmanned recovery machine currently in progress. In addition to the performance, they said they plan to reflect the collection performance of paper packs and transparent plastic bottles collected by social organizations in each neighborhood (Saemaeul Women’s Association, etc.) in this evaluation.



In addition, every Wednesday from 1 PM to 5 PM, recyclables such as disposable plastic cups and paper cartons (milk cartons, sterilization cartons) are exchanged for one 10L volume-rate bag per 20 items at the Administrative Welfare Center in each neighborhood.

Director Kim Dong-woon of the Environment Department said, “Through the recycling collection contest, we encourage citizens to separate and dispose of recyclables, increase the recycling rate, and reduce waste. We ask for the interest and active participation of residents and civic groups in each neighborhood to create a resource-circulating society.” “I give it to you,” he said.

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2024-01-10 04:11:55
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