Education, Care, and Play in One Place... Changwon Special City Opens 'Childcare Comprehensive Support Center'

Full-Scale Launch of Family-Friendly Complex Childcare Facility

On the 28th, Changwon City in Gyeongnam held an opening ceremony for the ‘Changwon City Childcare Comprehensive Support Center,’ a complex childcare facility built in Jung-dong, Uichang-gu, and officially began its operation.

The opening ceremony was attended by about 100 people, including Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon City, members of the National Assembly, city and provincial councilors, daycare parents, and local residents. The event proceeded with a congratulatory performance, progress report, commemorative speech, unveiling ceremony, and facility tour.

The Changwon City Childcare Comprehensive Support Center was established as a result of the ongoing need to relocate the facility, which was previously located on the 4th floor of the Women’s Hall Changwon Branch, due to aging infrastructure and limited space. To meet the changing childcare demands, the center was built with a total floor area of 2,964.1㎡, consisting of one basement floor and four above-ground floors, with a total project cost of 10.1 billion KRW.

The Changwon City Childcare Comprehensive Support Center officially opened on the 28th and began full-scale operations.

The main facilities include ▲1st floor daycare center and lounge ▲2nd floor toy library, infant and toddler play experience facilities, community childcare sharing space, and inclusive care center ▲3rd floor auditorium, program rooms, seminar rooms ▲4th floor childcare comprehensive support center and infant and toddler psychological therapy rooms.

The Changwon City Childcare Comprehensive Support Center is expected to play a vital role as a childcare support hub by providing various play, education, and experience opportunities for children, offering childcare information and counseling services to parents, and conducting childcare consulting and training for daycare staff.

Mayor Hong said, “We expect this new childcare and cultural space, where children and all families can enjoy together, to play a significant role in creating a family-friendly social atmosphere. We will do our best to establish it as a healing space for parents to solve childcare difficulties together and as a higher-quality education and play space for children.”