The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Tom Thompson and Esther Parada from Ajijic’s waste recycling committee joined Chapala Ecology Director José Jaime on Friday, December 14 as the first load of collected PET plastic was trucked out to Primavera Verde, a Guadalajara company that will convert the material into flower pots and mannequins.
Ajijic’s big red trash truck collects discarded plastic, metal, glass and paper goods left curbside along the town’s central streets,
Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club has launched a letter-writing campaign to pressure the new Jalisco government from suspending specialized dental services at Ajijic’s Centro de Salud.
Cruz Roja (Red Cross) Chapala fund-raising masterminds Dee Grant and Don Marie Fraser were all smiles as they handed over the keys of a brand new ambulance delivered to the local clinic’s Rescue Coordinator Marco Antonio González Ornelas on Thursday, December 13.
Residents of Lake Chapala’s north shore corridor are advised to exercise caution as property crimes have spiked in recent weeks, according to anecdotal reports.
On his last day in office December 5, Jalisco’s outgoing Minister or Innovation, Science and Technology Jaime Reyes Robles announced progress made in reviving the Chapala Media Park complex located near the Libramiento bypass.
New real estate listings for the sale of large plots of mountain terrain, the flexibility of current zoning regulations, suspicion of under the table deals with local government officials, the inadequacy of existing infrastructure are all ominous omens that rampant urban development poses a serious threat to the local environment and quality of life Ajijic’s inhabitants.
