$18.3 Million Project Will Convert Old Camp Howze Into a Community Center
It only took nearly 15 years, but it appears the local Korean government in Paju has figured out what to finally do with old Camp Howze:
SETH ROBSON/STARS AND STRIPES
This week, Paju City announced plans to renovate six buildings at the old base to create something it calls “Flat Village” by June 2021, the Hankyoreh Shinmun reported Wednesday.
Stars & Stripes
The $18.3 million project, which includes parking for 550 vehicles, will turn the former base gymnasium into a performance hall and a supply shop into a museum and gallery, a Paju City official said Thursday.
Officers’ quarters will be converted to a guest house, a dining facility will become a community center and a headquarters building will transform into an artist’s residence, the official said.
People living near Howze made great sacrifices as a consequence of the Korean War, Paju Mayor Choi Jong-hwan said, according to the newspaper report.
The project will create jobs and boost locals’ incomes, he said, adding that the base would be “reborn as a place of reconciliation, healing and peace.”
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“to create something it calls “Flat Village””
Interesting choice of names … Camp Howze had a steep hill on it that was legendary for making PT runs really tough.
That last line lets you know Paju is run by leftist now….
Stationed at Camp Edwards in 189-90, Howze was Brigade HQ and “the big post” in the Western Corridor, althoughEdwards had the Comissary and Clothing Sales. I remember more or less the hills on that post after a night or 3 of beer frames at the bowling alley
Last line makes it seem like it’ll become a reeducation and concentration center for conservatives.
Camp Howez…Flat Village????