Chapala gives private trash collection a trial run
The Chapala municipal government has launched a pilot project to study the possible benefits of turning over its trash collection service to a private enterprise.
The Chapala municipal government has launched a pilot project to study the possible benefits of turning over its trash collection service to a private enterprise.
Despite recent patchwork repairs, the section of the Chapala-Guadalajara highway running from Chapala to the Ocotlan-La Barca turnoff remains riddled with potholes and surface irregularities that aggravate and endanger motorists.
Lakeside communities break with normal routines Monday, November 20 to commemorate the 1910 outbreak of La Revolución Mexicana with colorful parades, sporting events and other traditional festivities.
The firm Centro para el Retiro de Ajijic (Ajijic Retirement Center) laid the first stone of a planned 200-unit assisted living center on Thursday, November 16.
Remember the classic Abbot and Costello skit known as “Who’s on first?”
Ajijic’s unbridled salute to spiritual patron Saint Andrew the Apostle blasts off Tuesday, November 21, continuing on a festive roll through the first weekend of December.
The Chapala police department will relocate to permanent headquarters early next year after occupying a rundown rental property in a central residential neighborhood for almost two decades.
While the conditions of Lake Chapala appear to have improved significantly over the past seven years, progress in achieving coordinated action at all three levels of government to guarantee its long-term environmental well-being continues to lag, according to Marion Hammerl, president of the Global Nature Fund, parent organization of the Living Lakes network.
The professionalization of the municipal police force is the principal goal Chapala Public Security Director Adán Domínguez León.