The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In six short months, the lakeside area’s real estate market has gone from boom to bust, a collateral victim of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro announced the creation of a fund of 20 million pesos to support 2,500 artists in the state whose livelihoods have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Jalisco Congress has rubber-stamped an annual permit charge of 6,000 pesos ($US317) that owners/drivers of trailer trucks must pay to enter the Guadalajara city limits.
Hotels, beaches, waterfront boardwalks, spas and other prime tourism locations in Chapala were closed to the public as of Thursday, April 2, to discourage the concentration of people and thereby check the spread of Covid-19.
The body of a middle-aged man who disappeared in Lake Chapala was located Monday, December 9, washed up on the rocky shoreline in the vicinity of Mirasol.
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A long-abandoned school building, located on Calle Niños Héroes a block and half away from Chapala City Hall, is undergoing renovations to house various local government agencies.
The 42nd Mexican National Chili Cookoff drew throngs of visitors for lakeside’s largest charity fundraiser, held February 7 to 9 at the Tobolandia Water Park.
Thousands of counterfeit 500-peso bills (including the new, blue kind) are circulating in Mexico, and the lakeside area is not immune to the problem.
