The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Chapala municipal government’s Public Works Department has initiated an extreme makeover of the small plaza at Seis Esquinas, located on the west end of Ajijic where Calles Ocampo, Álvaro Obregon and Hidalgo intersect.
Volunteers at the Community Development Center put on a graduation party Tuesday, September 27 honoring the group of local women who completed a 10-month course in hairdressing.
While the brand new Papalote Trail is getting a free pass from Ajijic’s Comunidad Indigena, organizers of the August 28 Ultra Trail Campanaria doubleheader claim they are getting a raw deal from the organization that holds title to the mountain property where the hiking paths are located.
Nine days of festivities held in honor of Chapala’s religious patron, Saint Francis of Assisi, commenced on Monday, September 26, continuing daily through Tuesday, October 4.
With a sellout field of competitors, the first Papalote Trail Axixic mountain race contests are set to kick off bright and early Sunday, October 2, at the Ajijic Malecon.
The Lake Chapala chapter of Niñas Sabias (Wise Girls), an educational program geared to mentor adolescent girls’ menstrual health, hygiene and female empowerment, is emerging from the groundwork of the local Days for Girls group.
Gautier Mignot, chief of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Mexico, was the guest of Mayor Alejandro Aguirre for a September 25 day tour of the Chapala area.
The Chapala government is lined up to host two extraordinary open air musical events taking place early this month, both of which will be staged at the waterfront Malecón with free admission to the public.
In the market for unique artisan goods? The second edition of the Corazón Artesano festival is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, September 24-25 at Ajijic’s Jardín Casa Vieja, with gates open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
