Ajijic could obtain additional municipal funding next year thanks to an initiative presented by Chapala government solicitor Gamaliel Soto Perez, a leading member of the city council.

Christ Church Lakeside sponsors “Loaves and Fishes,” a food distribution, coordinated by Junior Warden Al Ramos, to needy Lakeside families.

December 31: Chapala ushers  in 2024 with a free New Year’s Eve celebration at the waterfront Malecón, starting at 9 p.m., with live musical entertainment staged at the Fuente de Pescadores and fireworks lighting up the sky at midnight.

Patricia Moran is the founder and director of CreSer, a non-profit Mexican NGO that supports efforts to bring about positive change in the indigenous villages east of Chapala.

To help reverse the accumulation of agrochemicals that pollute Lake Chapala, the Instituto Corazón de la Tierra (ITC) is working with seven farming communities in the region to replace toxic fertilizers and pesticides with alternative products that are not harmful to the ecosystem.

Chapala’s Hotel Montecarlo was the venue for an introductory class to pickleball offered to a group of ten youngsters who signed up for the free session.