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[김현우 기자 = 경기북부/강원] 의정부역 지하상가상인회가 중소벤처기업부 공모사업인 ‘2022년 특성화 첫걸음시장 육성사업’대상지로 최종 선정됐다고 밝혔다.

의정부시상권활성화재단에 따르면 지난 7월 의정부역 지하상가상인회가 공모사업에 응모하여 사업계획 발표 및 현장평가에서 성장·발전 가능성을 인정받아 1년간 총 2억 8000만원 사업비를 투입한다고 밝혔다.

이에 재단은 전통시장 및 상점가의 3대 서비스 혁신 (편리한 지불 결제, 위생 청결, 고객신뢰) 및 2대 조직역량 강화(상인조직 역량 강화, 안전관리 및 화재예방)를 중점적으로 근본적 경쟁력을 갖추고 깨끗하고 편리한 상점가로 탈바꿈할 계획이며 본 사업완료 후 문화관광형시장과 지역선도형시장 선정에 도전할 계획이라고 했다.

의정부역 지하상가상인회 사유철 회장은“상점가의 3대 서비스 및 2대 조직역량강화를 중점으로 의정부역 지하도상가를 새로운 모습으로 변화시키고, 의정부시상권활성화재단과 협업을 통해 문화관광형시장 및 지역선도형시장으로 거듭날 수 있도록, 상인들과 한마음 한뜻으로 상점가 활성화에 최선을 다하겠다”고 말했다.

의정부시상권활성화재단 김광회 대표이사는“이번 공모사업을 통해 의정부역 지하도상가를 새로운 모습으로 탈바꿈 시켜 자체 경쟁력을높이고, 공모사업과 연계한 지원사업을 통해 코로나19로 어려움을 겪고 있는 소상인들에게 큰 힘이 될 것이며, 특성화 우수 상점가로 거듭날 수 있도록 행정적 지원을 아끼지 않겠다”고 말했다.

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Uijeongbu Station Underground Mall Merchants Association selected as the target site for the ‘2022 Specialized First Step Market Fostering Project’

Small and Medium Venture Business Ministry

[Reporter Hyeon-Woo Kim = Northern Gyeonggi/Gangwon] The Uijeongbu Station Underground Mall Merchants Association announced that it was finally selected as the target for the ‘2022 Specialized First Step Market Fostering Project’, a public offering by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.

According to the Uijeongbu Prize Zone Revitalization Foundation, the Uijeongbu Station Underground Mall Merchants Association applied for a public contest last July and announced the business plan and was recognized for its growth and development potential in on-site evaluations.

Accordingly, the foundation has fundamental competitiveness by focusing on three major service innovations (convenient payment, hygiene and cleanliness, customer trust) and two major organizational capabilities (reinforcement of merchant organization capabilities, safety management and fire prevention) in traditional markets and shopping malls. He said that he plans to transform it into a convenient shopping street, and plans to challenge the selection of a cultural tourism type market and a regional leading market after the completion of this project.

Uijeongbu Station Underground Mall Merchants Association Chairman Sae-cheol said, “We will transform the Uijeongbu Station Underpass Shopping Mall into a new shape by focusing on the three major services and the strengthening of the two major organizational capabilities of the shopping district, and lead the culture and tourism market and regional leadership through cooperation with the Uijeongbu Prize Zone Revitalization Foundation. We will do our best to revitalize the shopping district with the merchants so that it can be reborn as a hyeong market,” he said.

Kim Kwang-hoe, CEO of the Uijeongbu Prize Zone Revitalization Foundation, said, “Through this public offering, we will transform the Uijeongbu Underpass Shopping Mall into a new shape to enhance our own competitiveness, and provide a great boost to small merchants suffering from COVID-19 through support projects in connection with the public offering. We will do our best to provide administrative support so that it can be reborn as an excellent specialized shopping district.”

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