Mayor Baek Young-hyun: 'Pocheon's development must translate into better daily lives for every resident'
Pocheon held a public forum Friday under the theme "The 9th elected-term Pocheon: finding answers in citizens' daily lives," gathering residents at the main conference room on the second floor of the city hall annex.
The forum was organized to share the city administration's direction for the 9th elected term with residents and to identify practical policy priorities based on the inconveniences and improvement ideas people encounter in everyday life.
Discussions were structured around 148 campaign pledges and four core strategies of the 9th elected term, covering six key themes: livable city, balanced-development city, future economy city, happy city, humanities city, and garden and health city.
After receiving an overview of the city's administrative direction, participants split into 12 working groups to discuss everyday problems and the changes their communities need. Each group had a facilitator to encourage open exchange, and residents ranked the proposed ideas before drafting a policy recommendation for their group.
Representatives from each group then presented their findings and shared key proposals and improvement measures. A total of 12 policy proposals emerged from areas closely tied to residents' daily lives, including support for retired military personnel seeking to return to farming or rural living, expanded promotion of integrated care services, and revitalization of local commerce through traditional markets.
Pocheon plans to have the relevant departments review each proposal, assess feasibility and areas for refinement, and identify ways to incorporate the suggestions into city administration and related projects.
"Pocheon's development must translate into better daily lives for every single resident," Mayor Baek Young-hyun said. "We will continue to listen to citizens through various channels — forums, the city website and township and neighborhood meetings — and turn the ideas raised on the ground into policies that bring tangible change."
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