The Guadalajara Reporter
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Chapala’s Asociación de Charros has joined forces with the municipal Sports Commission (Comude) to open a training program for girls and women interested in the lively sport of escaramuza drill team riding, with weekly classes open to beginning and advanced equestrians.
The Chapala municipal government has finally dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s for several major projects slated as the current administration’s hallmark public works.
State and federal agencies that will kick in funding have approved blueprints for the following “big three” projects:
Shoppers showed up en masse at Ajijic’s weekly street market this Wednesday to try out the newly finished swath of interlocking stone pavers installed down the center of Calle Revolución. Vendors and clients raved about the adoquín pathway that greatly enhances safe and comfortable passage for persons with physical disabilities, moms pushing baby strollers and all other pedestrians.
Lakeside resident Diana Martin, accomplished clothes designer and founder of Dunes Relaxed Fashion, was among 11 award winners honored by President Enrique Peña Nieto as leaders in Mexico’s export sector.
Work crews from the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) have been out in the field throughout August in an effort to correct the recurrent power failures that have plagued La Floresta residents during this year’s rainy season.
Arriving under the tight security net cast over Ajijic from midday Tuesday, September 9, Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz appeared as guest of honor on the podium for the second annual Informe (government report) delivered by Chapala Mayor Joaquín Huerta Barrios.
Recalibrating for the final haul of his three-year term of office, Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta has named two new officials to fill department chief vacancies and shuffled around several other top staffers to other positions.
National pride and high spirits will mark the series of lakeside area events programmed in conjunction with the September 16 celebration of Mexico’s Dia de Independencia, offering all sorts of things to do, see and cheer on with your friends and neighbors.
For years, the brave men of the Chapala Fire Department were largely ignored by the local community, which has been blissfully unaware of the difficult conditions they are forced to labor under.
Much is now changing, thanks in large part to the efforts of local organizations and their networks that extend into the United States.