{"id":502,"date":"2022-02-17T23:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/heerlen\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=502"},"modified":"2026-02-22T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T10:32:34","slug":"iris-erkens","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/heerlen\/mensen\/iris-erkens\/","title":{"rendered":"Iris Erkens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--66 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--76  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading   heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-iris-erkens6787\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Iris Erkens\" >\n\tIris Erkens<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--110 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--60 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-video\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"block-video__video-wrapper\"\n\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/d66.nl\/heerlen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/313\/2022\/02\/Iris_1920x1080.jpeg')\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\t<b>Iris Erkens<\/b> <i>&#045;<\/i> Beeld: D66 Heerlen\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-post-content\">\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__title\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"heading  heading__color--black heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--semiBold  block-post-content__heading\" id=\"nav-3530\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"\">\n\t<\/h3>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__content\">\n\t\t\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--30 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--20  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default   block-paragraph__paragraph\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\tMijn naam is Iris Erkens en ik ben 27 jaar jong. Na drie jaar elders te hebben gewoond en gewerkt, ben ik sinds twee jaar weer woonachtig in mijn geliefde stad Heerlen. Ondanks dat ik mij in Limburg toch het meest thuis voel, zie ik ook voldoende mogelijkheden en noodzaak om onze regio nog fijner te maken. Graag draag ik daar mijn steentje aan bij met inhoudelijke kennis en creativiteit.<br><br>Op de boerderij van mijn ouders, op fietsafstand van het stadscentrum van Heerlen, ben ik opgegroeid. Onze boerderij ligt in de voormalige mijnstreek, tussen de typerende mijnkoloni\u00ebn, aan de rand van natuurgebied Brunssummerheide. Te midden van de agglomeratie Parkstad, met haar typerend spaghetti-achtig wegennet, ontstaan door de jaren heen. Een regio waar veel inwoners zich meer Europees voelen, dan Nederlands.<br><br>Tijdens mijn studie heb ik mij verdiept in het ontstaan van de hedendaagse vraagstukken in de gebouwde omgeving van Parkstad. Waar ik veel heb geleerd over de ontstaansgeschiedenis.<br><br>Momenteel werk ik als Omgevingsmanager aan de planvorming van infrastructurele projecten voor Rijkswaterstaat in Zuid-Nederland. In mijn vrije tijd trek ik er graag op uit met mijn racefiets door het Heuvelland of ben ik te vinden in de kroeg samen met vrienden.<br><br>D66 is mijn partij omdat ze zich inzetten voor gelijke kansen voor iedereen en altijd streven naar een beter morgen. Ik draag daar graag op lokaal niveau mijn steentje aan bij.<br>\t<\/p>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__sidebar\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":905,"featured_media":540,"menu_order":7,"template":"","search-tags":[],"labels":[],"division-tags":[28,29],"class_list":["post-502","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","division-tags-d66-heerlen-lijst","division-tags-fractie-d66-heerlen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Heerlen &#8212; Onze mensen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/d66.nl\/heerlen\/mensen\/iris-erkens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"D66 Heerlen &#8212; 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