As the coronavirus pandemic has blunted the local economy, lakeside’s unemployed and low-income families are struggling more than ever to put food on the table. Politicians, businesses leaders and emerging citizen groups are responding as Good Samaritans to aid Mexican neighbors most in need.

The Chapala Cruz Roja (CRC) clinic has received a supply of materials from Jalisco’s Red Cross headquarters to be used in case there is a need to attend to walk-in patients with symptoms of Covid-19 infection.

The Chapala government gifted a pair of brand new motor scooters to participants in a raffle held to reward early bird taxpayers.

Héctor España Ramos, the Chapala government’s point man for communications with the foreign community, went live yesterday with a new Facebook page called Chapala Expat Liaison, launched at the instigation of Mayor Moisés Anaya.

The Chapala government has modified Covid-19 mitigation rules for local hotels, restaurants and street markets (tianguis), allowing them to operate for the remainder of this month under certain restrictions, in accordance with guidelines established by state and federal health authorities.

April 8 will mark the 100th birthday of Chapala’s former railway station, an architectural gem that has survived a checkered history to stand out as the city’s most imposing landmark since its 2006 reincarnation as the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo.