Klaas Verschuure is an alderman on behalf of D66 during the name change. He also confirms that there has been a long lobbying effort from the USP Foundation to change the name. He doesn’t think that’s surprising, he says in 2023. “It is a city in itself, and you see that in the mechanisms. So many people work there, and there are many movements, a tram runs through it. area is governed. That is a municipality as large as De Bilt, with similar questions as such a municipality, about infrastructure, access, parking, public lighting and streets,” says the former politician. “And the costs associated with this are largely borne by the University itself. Then you get a mini city council in a neighborhood.”
How the brand name Utrecht Science Park becomes the neighborhood name via a handy lobby
