Guadalajara city hall has hired a construction company to build foundations for the new Corona Market even though councilors have yet to approve a design for the building.

The Parque Metropolitano on the western outskirts of the Guadalajara metro area is to allocate a sizable chunk of its grounds as a dedicated playground for dogs.

Around 100 activists protest the use of animal acts in circuses on Saturday, July 12. The demonstration took place outside a circus in the Guadalajara municipality. Zapopan city hall has previously banned the practice.

Guadalajara city officials are inviting tourism students to join them and other business leaders on upcoming trade missions to Portland, Oregon, and Xiamen, China.

Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval dined with many of Guadalajara’s consular representatives last week, underlining his commitment to “generate certainty” for foreign investors concerned by pubic security, transportation, corruption and regulatory issues.

An impressive military parade, including a fly-past by planes from the Colegio del Aire, lit up Guadalajara this weekend as the city marked the 100th anniversary of the Toma de Guadalajara, a key event of the Mexican Revolution.