{"id":449,"date":"2022-01-14T09:45:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T09:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/waalwijk\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=449"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:16:20","slug":"tommie-mertens","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/waalwijk\/mensen\/tommie-mertens\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommie Mertens"},"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-tommie-mertens3220\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Tommie Mertens\" >\n\tTommie Mertens<\/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--21 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--4\">\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\/122\/2026\/02\/D66-Waalwijk-22112025-03-scaled.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>Tommie Mertens<\/b> <i>&#045;<\/i> Beeld: Valentina Fotografie, Tilburg\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\tFractievoorzitter (2026-2030)\t<\/p><section class=\"people-bullet-point-card block-people-introduction__people-bullet-point-card\" style=\"--bg-color: var(--global-colors-texasRose)\">\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-tommie8908\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Tommie\">\n\tOver Tommie<\/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<li><label>Leeftijd<\/label><span>39 jaar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li><label>Geboorteplaats<\/label><span>Raamsdonksveer<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Waalwijk<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li><label>Voornaamwoorden<\/label><span>Hij\/hem<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__email\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\tStuur Tommie een <a href=\"mailto:tmertens@waalwijk.nl\">e-mail<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__socialmedia\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"people-bullet-point-card__sm_panel\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.linkedin.com\/in\/tommiemertens\" target=\"_blank\">Li<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\tSprang-Capelle, Waalwijk, Waspik. Drie voormalige langstraatgemeenten samengevoegd tot \u00e9\u00e9n. Ik hecht veel (historische) waarde aan de Langstraat, ik ben zelf geboren en getogen in Raamsdonksveer en mijn opa ging vroeger in zijn jonge jaren met de trein naar\u00a0\u00a0Den Bosch om te werken in een schoenenfabriek. Mijn familiegeschiedenis, mijn opvoeding en mijn werkend gezinsleven is wat mij bind aan de regio de Langstraat. Nu woon ik in Waalwijk met mijn Wollukse vrouw en twee kinderen. Ik vind dat Waalwijk zich veel meer zou moeten focussen op de regio de Langstraat in plaats van Tilburg, dat is wat ons (ver)bind en dat moeten we koesteren en uitbouwen!<br><br>De Langstraat als sterke kracht in het Hart van Brabant. We laten ons als gemeente Waalwijk te veel leiden door onze grote buur Tilburg. Tuurlijk een goede buur is beter dan een verre vriend, maar er liggen ook zoveel kansen in onze relatie tot die andere buren;\u00a0\u00a0Geertruidenberg, Dongen, Heusden en Den Bosch, waarom kijken we zo weinig naar hen om?! Waalwijk ziet zichzelf als een serieuze (machtige) speler, laten we dan ook van Waalwijk het krachtencentrum maken van de Langstraat, zorg ervoor dat mensen uit de buurgemeente Waalwijk goed weten te vinden, dat komt de kernen Waspik en Sprang-Capelle ook ten goede. Zo heb ik het idee om de voormalige Langstraatspoorlijn te gebruiken als springplank om de verbintenis te leggen tussen NationaalPark de Biesbosch en Nationaal Park De Loonse en Drunense Duinen. Dit brengt legio recreatie- en toeristische kansen met zich mee voor de complete gemeente. Je kunt hiermee een verbindende rol opeisen en de Langstraat nieuw economisch elan geven naast de logistieke hot-spot die zij al is.\u00a0<br><br>In relatie tot deze visie bied recreatie en toerisme ook heel veel kansen tot verduurzaming en kansen tot vergroening van de omgeving. Experts onderschrijven de economische potentie van toerisme en recreatie en daarnaast ook de noodzaak tot vergroening. Deze passie en de voorliefde voor de streek maakt dat ik me verkiesbaar stel voor de gemeente Waalwijk. Duurzame (groene) bedrijvigheid heeft de toekomst!\t<\/p><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-2282285502\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Expertises (portefeuilles)\" aria-controls>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__heading\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading   heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-expertises--portefeuilles-7484\">\n\tExpertises (portefeuilles)<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<section id=\"content-accordion-panel-2282285502\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-2282285502\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\tRuimtelijke ordening (RO) en Openbare ruimte (OR), daarnaast gezien mijn achtergrond een sterke affiniteit voor duurzaamheid en groen.\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-3766088395\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Functie historie\" aria-controls>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__heading\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading   heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-functie-historie7176\">\n\tFunctie historie<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<section id=\"content-accordion-panel-3766088395\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-3766088395\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-accordion lists content-accordion__lists lists__weight--medium lists__color--black lists__type--default\"><li><label>2010-heden<\/label><span>1e graad docent aardrijkskunde aan het Dongemond college te Raamsdonksveer<\/span><\/li><li><label>2018-2020<\/label><span>Twee keer 16 weken zwangerschapsverlof opgevangen als Raadslid in gemeente Geertruidenberg<\/span><\/li><li><label>2014-2018<\/label><span>Raadslid en Fractievoorzitter D66 Geertruidenberg<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\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-lievelingsplek-in-je-gemeente--en-waarom--257\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Lievelingsplek in je gemeente (en waarom?)\">\n\tLievelingsplek in je gemeente (en waarom?)<\/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\tAlle groene (kansrijke) plekken van de gemeente Waalwijk, of het nu het HalveZolenlijntje is, de blauw-groene zone langs de snelweg, of bij het Hoefsven. De natuur is altijd even wonderschoon.\u00a0\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\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-wat-zijn-drie-zaken-die-jij-als-raadslid-wil-veranderen-5049\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Wat zijn drie zaken die jij als raadslid wil veranderen?\">\n\tWat zijn drie zaken die jij als raadslid wil veranderen?<\/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--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\t<div class=\"block-lists  block-lists__color--black\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph  paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\t\t<\/p><ul class=\"block-lists lists__lists lists__weight--medium lists__color--black lists__type--default\">\n\t<li>Waalwijk als centrale spil van de \u2018klassieke\u2019 Langstraat.<\/li><li>De oude halvezolenspoorlijn als verbinder tussen de NP de Biesbosch en NP Loonse en Drunese Duinen.<\/li><li>Het introduceren van integrale wijkplannen. Per wijk, in afstemming met andere belangengroepen afstemmen wanneer het riool onderhoud word gedaan in relatie tot water\/elektra en de loskoppeling van het gas en dan vervolgens de openbare ruimte herinrichten volgens nieuwste (klimatologische) inzichten.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t<\/div>\n\t\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\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-wat-betekent-d66-voor-jou--2283\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Wat betekent D66 voor jou?\">\n\tWat betekent D66 voor jou? <\/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\tD66 is d\u00e9 partij waar ik me thuis voel. Sociaal, met oog voor ondernemers en kansen. Pragmatisch waardoor er altijd een gewogen beargumenteerd standpunt is. En bovenal de toekomst zien als iets positiefs, die nog maakbaar is, waarin de wereld beter is dan toen we er voor het eerst kennis mee maakten.\u00a0\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":660,"featured_media":940,"menu_order":2,"template":"","search-tags":[37,38,46],"labels":[],"division-tags":[51,42,44],"class_list":["post-449","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","search-tags-home","search-tags-kandidaat-2026","search-tags-raadslid_2026-2030","division-tags-d66_fractie","division-tags-d66-gemeenteraadsleden","division-tags-kandidaat-gemeenteraadsverkiezingen-2026"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Waalwijk &#8212; Onze mensen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tommie Mertens - Kandidaat raadslid gemeente Waalwijk - Waalwijk als centrale spil van de \u2018klassieke\u2019 Langstraat\" \/>\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\/waalwijk\/mensen\/tommie-mertens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"D66 Waalwijk &#8212; 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