Despite several major public works projects yet to be finished, the Chapala government is undertaking additional street upgrades at three points in the Tepehua neighborhood.

Pastor Ken Armstrong has announced that the Little Chapel by the Lake is beginning a special relationship with the Instituto de Formación para el Trabajo de Estado de Jalisco (IDEFT), to provide career training for local, Spanish-speaking students (ages 15 through adult).

The Northern Lights Festival de Febrero, a normally joyous occasion featuring an international array of musicians assembled lakeside for two weeks of aural art, was darkened by sudden tragedy Friday, February 16, when accordion virtuoso Alexander Sevastian died of a heart attack in his room, just a few hours before he was slated to perform with Toronto-based jazz group Quartetto Gelato. He was just 41 years old.

Lakeside’s 40th annual Chili Cookoff fires up Friday, February 23, running through Sunday, February 25 at the Tobolandia Water Park located on the Chapala-Ajijic highway just west of the Libramiento junction.

Ajijic’s aspirations for designation as a Pueblo Mágico moved another step forward Monday, February 19 with the arrival of five federal officials on a mission to carry out a technical evaluation of the town’s qualifications.

The Chapala City Council has given a thumbs up for the donation of a 20-hectare parcel of land destined to house the Centro Universitario de la Ribera, a local campus for the University of Guadalajara (UdG).