Incheon City to Build "Mom Pyeonhan Playground" with Lotte and ChildFund Korea

Set to Open at Aisarang Dream Center in Bupyeong-gu in the First Half of Next Year

Incheon City is stepping up a private-sector partnership to build public indoor playgrounds that are unaffected by fine dust and climate change, funded through social contribution initiatives.

The city said on November 6 that it had signed a business agreement with Lotte Holdings and ChildFund Korea for the "Mom Pyeonhan Playground" project. The agreement follows Incheon City's final selection in a nationwide open-call program run by Lotte Group and ChildFund Korea.

The Mom Pyeonhan Playground support program is a social contribution initiative that Lotte Group has funded since 2017, with ChildFund Korea responsible for designing and building improvements to children's play spaces across the country.

The city plans to build a 471-square-meter indoor playground on the second floor of Building A at the Aisarang Dream Center in Bupyeong-gu and begin regular operations in the first half of 2027. Lotte Holdings will provide the project funding, while ChildFund Korea will oversee the playground's design and construction.

The Isarang Dream Center in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, completed in September this year. Photo courtesy of Incheon City.

The indoor playground will be built as a public facility open to the local community, meeting the safety standards set out in the Children's Play Facility Safety Management Act. It will operate free of charge and be designated as the 34th Mom Pyeonhan Playground nationwide.

Incheon Mayor Park Chan-dae said, "I am delighted that we can join forces with the private sector to give children a new indoor playground," adding, "We will continue to develop a range of private-sector partnership projects to make Incheon a city where children are happy."

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