According to Keuter, the decision was also created by the discontinuation of provincial subsidies. “Since a week, the Veenpark has been in the silent sale,” he tells the Dagblad.
Since 2021, the Veenpark has been working with the province of Drenthe and the municipality of Emmen on a plan to get a museum status. That should yield extra subsidy options. In the meantime, the park already received support from both governments, but that support was attached to conditions. In June the province decided that the park could not or would not meet those requirements, after which the financial support was terminated immediately.
Keuter still says that that decision does not understand. “But Treur makes no sense. We’re going to see how we can make the park future -proof without subsidies.”
The owner says he is working on his own plans to make the park financially healthy, but does not want to reveal details about it yet. Keuter sees the sale of the park as a plan B. “You don’t sell a large park overnight, that’s why it is already for sale,” he says.