The bakery run by Choi Migyeong, representative of the culture headquarters Bbalaeteo and Hwasanaebbanggeut is located in an unexpected place. On the way from downtown Hwasan-myeon to Gyeongcheon Reservoir, a very small sign is hung on a small house along the road, and the sign is engraved with the pretty letters ‘Hwasanaebbanggeut.’

"I've been running a cake class ever since I lived in Jeonju. It has been eight years now since I settled in Hwasan, and I started ‘Hwasanaebbanggeut’ in June of last year." It was designated as a preliminary social enterprise in September. I have to make money, and I want to continue to operate this space, which I prepared with difficulty.“

Choi Migyeong's relationship with Wanju dates back 12 years. In 2010, she had a brief engagement with the village company Mother Cookie, and after that, she spent time living in both Wanju and Jeonju, before moving to Wanju when her child entered Hwasan Middle School. Though she used her child's education as an excuse, she said she may have had a greater mind for life and changes in life. She found the site of the house she is living in now by chance, but there were many twists and turns before it became hers and was made into the decent village cultural space that it is now.

"I think this space has confirmed its potential as a small cultural space in the area. In 2020, it was selected as an excellent example of the use of idle facilities in rural empty houses in the Jeollabuk-do Happy Rural Development Contest. Then, with this case, I went to a national competition and won the Korea Rural Community Corporation President’s Award. The interest and support of the Wanju Cultural City Support Center was a great help."

Choi Migyeong also participated in the civic culture jury several times. The process was an opportunity to ively look back on the projects she had done, and she felt that Wanju was experiencing big growth.

"At first, as a 'made in public growth project' of the Wanju Cultural City Support Center, we conducted horticultural therapy and aromatherapy certification classes with the young heads and several residents of Hwasan-myeon as a residents’ capacity building project. My project was important, but I was also interested in community activities in the Hwasan area. I could feel the growth of Wanju-gun through my skin. In the early days of moving here, it was a boring living in Wanju, but now I think it's Wanju where you can do anything if you have the time and motivation."

Choi Migyeong came to the conclusion that the Wanju Cultural City Support Center really does operate many projects and programs that help local residents' lives. At the same time, she suggested that it would be good to programs in which competent individuals can participate, although it should continue to develop community-oriented cultural capabilities as it is now.

"There are many people returning to farming and the rural areas in Wanju, but I hope many Wanju natives will participate in the program, too. That may require much more active publicity. This year, I had an opportunity to participate as a lecturer at Seodu Village School, so I was able to make all sorts of bread such as sweet red bean bread, soboro, roll cakes, pizza, and madeleines with the elders of the village in Bongdong. At first, I went straight home after class, but later, they asked me to stay and eat after class. When that kind of thing happens, it's more fun and rewarding."