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Joo Nak-young, Mayor of Gyeongju City, stated, "The New Golden Youth Startup Zone Project, which marks its fifth anniversary this year, is a representative public-private cooperation model built together by Gyeongju City and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) for regional co-prosperity. We will spare no support to ensure that young people can stably start businesses and grow, and we will develop this into a nationwide successful case of youth entrepreneurship." To inject creative ideas into the sluggish old downtown area and secure a new breakthrough for the local economy, Gyeongju City held an opening ceremony and a nameplate delivery ceremony for the 'New Golden Youth Startup Zone Project' teams at the youth center 'Cheongnyeon Godo' on June 10, cheering for the full-scale launch of eight newly selected teams this year. This project, marking its fifth year, is a core youth employment policy implemented by Gyeongju City in cooperation with KHNP, a representative regional public corporation. Including the teams opened this time, a total of 33 teams have formed a local startup ecosystem across the old downtown area of Gyeongju.
The eight youth startup teams that formally opened their doors this time were finalized through rigorous public recruitment and expert screening last August. The line-up includes 'Malmoi Geulmoi,' an independent bookstore that maximizes spatial charm; 'Neugeusi,' a multi-cultural complex serving as a salon for local youth; 'Potion,' a traditional liquor bar; and 'Silla On Studio,' an eco-friendly jesmonite workshop, alongside 'Meiko,' a beauty care shop; 'Mexicoco,' a taco restaurant; 'Sangsang Goptang,' a beef bone soup restaurant; and 'Namsan Seoga,' a traditional teahouse. These teams completed a year of preparatory courses, including a startup academy and industry-specific one-on-one consulting, and entered actual field operations with 35 million won each from Gyeongju City for store remodeling and essential equipment purchases.
The project, which places unique local content stores run by youth into the central shopping districts of Gyeongju that have suffered from hollowed-out urban centers due to the departure of large corporations, is evaluated as an exemplary win-win cooperation structure where local governments and major public corporations share funds and infrastructure to respond to local extinction risks. Instead of leaning solely towards traditional restaurant industries, various cultural consumption spaces reflecting the latest trends, such as independent bookstores and eco-friendly workshops, have been strategically placed. This layout reflects the city's intent to guide the flow of foreign tourists, who used to concentrate only around the nearby Hwangridan-gil, deep into the inner old downtown.
However, critics point out that such youth startup support projects must not neglect the qualitative management of long-term survival rates while remaining content with temporary store opening records. Typically, when the initial one-year settlement grace period ends and the city's subsidy payments stop, youth-run stores face realistic hurdles such as rent burdens and sluggish sales. In fact, many youth startup zones driven by other local governments face a chronic vicious cycle where the closure rate surges around the second or third year of opening, causing the initial investment budget to evaporate. As the project has grown to a cumulative 33 teams, it is now an urgent time for qualitative post-management to guarantee the sustainability of individual stores, rather than simple expansion.
Therefore, field experts share the consensus that Gyeongju City's precise performance measurement and linked marketing infrastructure must back up these businesses so that youth-operated stores can maintain self-sufficiency even after initial funding ceases. Gyeongju City needs to establish a 'Local Startup Post-Data System' that monitors the floating population and sales trends of the eight startup teams in real-time, and institutionalize substantial customer attraction incentives such as a 'Old Downtown Youth Alley Tour' linked with existing tourism passes centered on Hwangridan-gil. Furthermore, the scope of cooperation with KHNP must be diversified beyond initial funding donations to link with large distribution networks or pop-up store support, ensuring that youth ideas do not end up as one-time consumable events but take root as sustainable small but strong enterprises sustaining Gyeongju's economy.
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