ViteMeir receive state funds

On Friday, December 4th, the good news finally came that ViteMeir will receive state funds from 2021. - We went from a hangover to a happy ending in two hectic days, says CEO Erlend Fardal Lunde

The autumn has been long and winding for the gang behind ViteMeir . For a long time, funds from the state budget were at stake and that sent the science center into an uncertain future. It would have been easy and good if ViteMeir was included in the state budget in October, but maybe the state funds taste even better now? 

- The best victories are the ones that come at the very end, maybe in overtime of overtime. ViteMeir "Having your place in the state budget can be compared to the rush of happiness when your favorite team decides the game with the last kick of the ball," says CEO Lunde. 

Lunde believes that the will to fight the temporary defeat gave ViteMeir may seem important for the science center in the long term: - Fighting for something, really wanting something, builds culture! 

- All right, king. 

Project manager for the developer Vestland County Council, Tage Rickard Sundell, is very excited about the outcome: - Absolutely wonderful, this is an above-average pleasant project to be a part of and now it will be much easier to live for ViteMeir . There is full throttle both on construction and on this team, we are looking forward to the road ahead towards opening. 

Vestland County Council is the client for the signal building at Kaupanger, which in addition to ViteMeir will house the national line for transport and logistics for Sogndal High school. 

Important for the place of study Sogndal 

Professor at the Department of Environmental and Natural Sciences at HVL Sogndal , Stein Joar Hegland, has been a part of ViteMeir project for a long time. Hegland felt great joy and that several kilos had been lifted from his shoulders. 

- The university college has long had a science center on its wish list. ViteMeir can help develop our education and increase the attractiveness of Sogndal as a place to study, says Hegland. 

HVL is one of the owners of ViteMeir and contribute important resources for the development of learning programs and products both before and after opening. Hegland is looking forward to the future: - Together with ViteMeir , we can make Sogn even more attractive for future students. 

Thanks to local politicians 

The political commitment around ViteMeir has been strong. The Science Center has had good contact with parliamentary politicians from Os to Mo i Rana, and locally and county-wide in both the position and opposition.  

- Chairman Tor Arne Ness and myself joke that we will soon have a black belt in political lobbying. It has been educational and at the same time nice that we have not encountered negativity from a single person. We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who has worked for us and resolved the matter so that the state funding is in place, concludes Lunde. 

Contact: Erlend Fardal Lunde, ViteMeir : +47 464 28 741