[Version Español] PUERTO VALLARTA JULY 30, 2014: The Amapas Neighborhood Association announced today that its Board has voted unanimously to join forces with the Polígono de Desarrollo Controlado del Centro Histórico de Puerto Vallarta (PDC), a new Association of all Neighborhood Associations in Puerto Vallarta’s central and tourist zones. PDC’s mission is to work with government […]
This is a courtesy translation of this article appearing in the Puerto Vallarta Tribuna on May 5, 2014. Click on the article to read the original content. PRODEUR WILL DEMAND NULITY OF D’TERRACE DEVELOPMENT PERMITS Puerto Vallarta, Jal.- After neighbors and business owners in Amapas disagreed with the development D’Terrace after considering the height and […]
May 14, 2014, PUERTO VALLARTA: Today the Amapas Neighborhood Association formally notified AMPI (Puerto Vallarta’s Professional Real Estate Association) and the Applegate real estate agency of violations of the District 9 Plan Parcial in the D’Terrace project, located in the alleyway across from Tropicana Hotel. The project will be put under judicial review in a lawsuit by PRODEUR, […]
Neighbors Welcome Amapas Junta Vecinal Last Wednesday’s rain may have dampened the more than 30 local residents and business people who gathered for the first public meeting of the Junta Vecinal de Amapas – but not their spirits! The Junta is officially recognized as ‘the voice of Amapas’ by City Hall, which is required by law […]
While the city is full of potholes this time of year, this one where Hortensias meets Highway 200 was a dangerous hole into the drainage grate. Alert new ANA member Steve Moore (Brisa Lunar) recently spotted it and let Administrator Jae Palsce know. One of the new concrete beams supporting the big metal drainage grates […]
June 14, 2013 PUERTO VALLARTA: At its regular Board meeting today, the Board of the Amapas Neighborhood Association (ANA, Asociacion de Vecinos de la Colonia Amapas, A.C.) voted to allocate funds to additional administrative help to get its new work as a Junta Vecinal underway. Specifically, the Board voted to allocate $18,000 pesos to cover […]
On Monday, June 16, workers and trucks appeared on Gardenias street to clear the road of debris and landslides, and to clear drainage for the rainy season. Previously as a neighborhood association, our requests to the city for this work went unheeded. But as a Junta Vecinal, we made the official request throught the Department […]
One of the first benefits of the new Amapas Junta Vecinal was a recent (and long-awaited) ‘tour’ by City officials of the rock- and mudslides that have accumulated on Gardenias, Hortensias, and Callejon de la Igualdad, creating traffic problems and occasional two-lane ‘lakes’. On May 28, ANA member and Las Moradas resident Michael Baietti took […]
It’s official: In May 2013, the City approved the Amapas Junta Vecinal! With the same geographic boundaries as the ANA, but representing all colonia residents (not just ANA members), our Junta Vecinal is entitled to special recognition and cooperation with the City and its many departments – all facilitated by the Office of Citizen Participation. […]
