Arts for the turtles

Mark your calendar for two special dates at the Bahia de Sol Condominiums in Nuevo Vallarta.

Fundraising burger bash

The 6th annual Hamburger and Karaoke night fundraiser at the Los Mangos RV Park in Bucerias for the Manos de Amor children’s shelter has sold out all 350 tickets which were available for the fun evening on February 7. The new shelter building, now three years old, currently houses 28 children. This event has raised over 200,000 pesos, according to the organizers.

Art co-op expo

About 25 members of a newly-formed artist co-operative in Bucerias showed off their work to the public on Friday, January 6.

Piks Club opens

A new store, resembling a smaller version of a Sam’s Club or Costco, has opened for business just south of Bucerias.

The Piks Club “warehouse store” is located in front of the Mega supermarket on Highway 200.

According to co-owner Ricardo Viso, it is the prototype model of a smaller warehouse store chain, mixing the variety and prices of the larger Costco-type stores with the convenience and personal service of the corner store.

While a normal warehouse store would have 4,000 or more SKU’s, Piks Club will start out with about 1,000, says merchandise manager Juan Jose Diaz.

The business plan includes building five more Piks Clubs next year in areas where there is a sizeable population of full- and part-time foreigners, such as Lake Chapala/Ajijic and San Miguel Allende.

Street art, food crafts

The 3rd Annual Bucerias Street Festival is actually three events in one, featuring a chalk walk, a gastronomic tasting and a crafts fair.

Chedraui

The first Chedraui supermarket in the Puerto Vallarta area is nearing completion on Highway 200 close to the Nuevo Vallarta overpass. According to workers at the store site, the planned opening date is December 1.