{"id":1100,"date":"2026-01-18T14:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/middelburg\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=1100"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:54:04","slug":"victor-geelen-2","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/middelburg\/mensen\/victor-geelen-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Geelen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--10 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--10  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__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-victor-geelen9825\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Victor Geelen\" >\n\tVictor Geelen<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--10 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--10  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:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2026\/01\/Victor-Geelen-Middelburg.jpg')\"\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>Victor Geelen<\/b> <i>&#045;<\/i> Victor Geelen <i>&#x2022;<\/i> Beeld: Percy\u2019s\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-people-introduction\">\n\t<div class=\"block-people-introduction__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\t\u00a0\t<\/p><section class=\"people-bullet-point-card block-people-introduction__people-bullet-point-card\" style=\"--bg-color: var(--global-colors-yellow)\">\n\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading    heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-over-victor2306\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Victor\">\n\tOver Victor<\/h2>\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__info\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"lists\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Middelburg <\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\tFavoriete plek:<br>Ik hoop dat iedereen bij zo\u2019n vraag aan zijn eigen thuis denkt. Terugdenkend naar toen ik hier kwam wonen: voor mij was vooral belangrijk dat het ook dichtbij \u201cnatuur\u201d was. Daarom kies ik voor een stukje van een van mijn hardlooprondjes waar ik af en toe langs kom: het Brigdamse kerkepad, ook wel Nieuwenhovense pad genoemd. Voorbeeld dat natuur dichtbij en in de stad niet alleen goed is voor de gezondheid, de stad klimaatbestendiger maakt, de biodiversiteit verhoogt, maar ook dat het de omgeving economisch aantrekkelijker maakt. Overigens: wisten jullie dat er in Middelburg nog een stukje van dat pad loopt en dat de wilgen door de omwonenden om het andere jaar geknot worden in het kader van de landelijke natuurwerkdag? Groen kan ook mensen verbinden.<br><br>Kansen en uitdagingen:<br>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Natuurlijk worden al die nieuwe woningen \u201cnul op de meter\u201d, maar voor de binnenstad en omgeving zal er toch veel meer moeten gebeuren dan een paar tochtstrips en \u2019s avonds de gordijnen dicht.<br><br>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cultuurinstellingen die bezig zijn te overleven nemen geen risico. Nu er weer waardering voor is wordt het zaak om slim \u201conderhoud\u201d te doen, zodat er weer ruimte is voor creativiteit.<br><br>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bijna alle politici zijn idealisten die zich inzetten voor een betere wereld. Toch is er weinig vertrouwen. Graag minder debat om het eigen gelijk en de verschillen te benadrukken en meer zoeken naar hoe we samen de weg vinden naar die betere toekomst voor iedereen.\t<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1993,"featured_media":1091,"menu_order":0,"template":"","search-tags":[],"labels":[],"division-tags":[31],"class_list":["post-1100","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","division-tags-onze-mensen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Middelburg &#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\/middelburg\/mensen\/victor-geelen-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"D66 Middelburg &#8212; 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