The project is the result of the municipality and LKAB, the local mining company, deciding to work more jointly on the future of Malmberget and Gellivare. The project itself is owned and controlled by the municipality.

An agreement with LKAB was also announced where the company is contributing funding and resources to the project. LKAB will also help fund a new ski stadium and be the main sponsor of the world cup ski games in Gellivare 2010 and 2012.

The project will have two phases. The first is a vision phase, where a clear image of the future city will be developed. Citizens, local business will be brought into this process, beginning this fall. This phase can be thought of as co-design of a programme. The second phase is the more traditional planning process of taking the consequences of the vision and programme. The vision phase is scheduled to finish during fall of 2010. The whole project will end in 2012.

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