Damyang-gun Ranks First Nationwide in Cultural Category of the 13th Local Government Productivity Awards Excellence Cases

'Arts Resting City Damyang, 2022 Damyang Art Week!' Recognized as a Case

Realizing a Premium Art Street Tourism Brand Utilizing Urban Regeneration Spaces

On the 3rd, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award as the top local government nationwide in the culture category at the 13th Local Government Productivity Awards ceremony held on the 2nd at the Daejeon Convention Center Conference Hall.

Hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and organized by the Korea Productivity Center, this awards ceremony recognized 16 local governments based on productivity index measurement (quantitative) and 12 local governments for outstanding cases (qualitative).

The outstanding cases were selected in four categories: ▲Economy ▲Environment ▲Culture ▲Welfare. From 361 submissions by 143 local governments, three final cases per category (1 excellence, 2 encouragement awards) were chosen.

Damyang-gun became an excellent institution in the culture category through the case of "Damyang, a City Where Art Takes a Rest, 2022 Damyang Art Week!"

Damyang Art Week is an event involving various local communities from different fields such as the Cultural Foundation, Craftsmen Association, and Damyang-gun. Utilizing urban regeneration project spaces like Damju Art District, Haedong Culture and Arts Village, and Dambit Art Warehouse, it linked exhibitions, sales, experiences, and festivals as cultural and artistic activities to revitalize the old downtown and realize the ‘tourism branding of the art street’ that reveals the unique charm of Damyang.

County Governor Lee Byeong-no stated, “Taking this award as an opportunity, we will create Damyang-gun as the number one inland tourism city where both residents and tourists are happy by revitalizing the old downtown using the local cultural and artistic resources that Damyang possesses.”