Passersby may get a sense that Spring has sprung along Calle Colón, Ajijic’s central north-south thoroughfare where personnel from the Delegacíon this week nailed up dozens of plastic flower pots holding geranium plants in bloom on the exterior walls of homes and businesses.
According to town administrator Juan Ramón Flores, the floral decoration project was carried out on the instructions of Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya, with the aim of adding a touch of natural beauty to the town and an enticement for inhabitants to keep the sidewalks and streets tidier.
Many comments posted on social media praised the initiative, with some expressing interest in chipping in for the cost of having macetas installed at their own addresses. Others, however, panned the project, suggesting that the authorities put manpower and pesos to better use by repairing cobblestone streets riddled with potholes and carrying out other essential maintenance work.