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| Puerto Vallarta |
| January, 2008 |
Project Presented to Create Small Public Gardens
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 The Grand Alliance for Puerto Vallarta, Non Profit Organization presented part of a series of projects to complement the rescue project underway downtown.
Marcelo Alcaraz Gonzalez, president of the Grand Alliance association and director of the City’s Tourism Department, explained local media the need to contribute to developing supplementary actions to those of the rescue program, by means of proposals and parallel projects that will enhance the rescue efforts’ results.
Within the complementary proposal, Architects Association Chairman Ernesto Alvarado, explained the details of the project consisting of habilitating and construction of flashy small public gardens on pedestrian streets, in order to provide a better image and presence to those public spaces and making the center of the city more attractive.
He went on to say that the proposal includes works on a total 9 spots of which the final projects for Galeana, Mina and Iturbide Streets are ready to break ground. Each of the mentioned spots will sport gardens, public restrooms, seats and recreational areas, within an architectural concept that will provide these spaces with a new attractive identity.
Panel coordinator Martha Lopez Robles made the announcement that in order to carry out these projects, there was a radio-thon on December 15 and 16 to raise the necessary funds, and she called on the population to join in this important cause and donate through any of the 33 modules located in different parts of town and districts, thus supporting the efforts led by the city and state governments.
A bank account has been set up to receive donations from the community for the downtown rescue.
Mario Bueno, in charge of the downtown rescue works, upon briefing the media, said there is a 55 % progress of the works underway in the 12 city blocks making up the first phase of the rescue project.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Fire Department Receives Gear Donation
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Sister Cities Committee from Santa Barbara makes donation that will improve the work of firemen.
The Sister Cities Committee handed over an importantdonation of tools and rescue gear to Puerto Vallarta’s Fire Department last Tuesday.
Director of Public Safety, Traffic and Fire Victor Manuel Hernández Barrera, praised such noble gesture of the  committee chaired by Craig Nielsen, since it contributes to improving the firefighters’ everyday work. Likewise, he expressed his appreciation for the presence of Santa Barbara Fire Department Chief John Ahlman, who is visiting the Port for the first time.
He said that the support received from the Sister Cities Committee has been of utmost importance, and vowed to continue working together for the good of not only the Puerto Vallarta community but all visitors as well.
Councilwoman Concesa Pelayo Arciniega witnessed the donation of gear consisting of wet suits, harnesses, gloves, sleeping bags, pulleys, hard hats, flash lights security ropes, and vests, among other pieces of gear that will make the work of firefighters easier.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
First International Forum: Tourism in Protected Areas
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With the participation of speakers from Argentina, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Guatemala, and United States, the City of Puerto Vallarta organized the First International Forum on Tourism in  Natural Protected Areas titled “Strategies for Preservation and Development”. The purposeof the forum is to contribute to promoting preservation of natural resources, not only in Puerto Vallarta but nationwide. The event was organized in coordination with educational institutions and organizations and took place at the convention facilities of the NH Krystal Hotel.
Event Coordinator Juana Adelfa Delgado Quintana, head of Education and Environmental Culture at the Ecology and Environment Department, said that the forum program included 9 conferences, 56 papers presented on three work subjects, and the participation of 180 people coming from Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala and United States.
She said these were three days of intense exchange of ideas, experiences, achievements, and diverse processes that have been happening around the world as to the implementation of tourist activities in natural protected areas.
Collaboration agreements were also reached among people with common interests.
Delgado Quintana said that the first forum on tourism in protected areas focused on rural communities and ejidos to show how tourism and nature can combine into a development alternative, as well as one for preservation.
The event was organized by the Municipal Government of Puerto Vallarta, the Coastal Campus of the University of Guadalajara, Community Development and Nature Preservation “Our Land”, the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas, Jalisco Tourism Secretariat, and the Environment and Sustainable Development Ministry.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Las Vegas Delegation Meets with Authorities
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Mayor Javier Bravo and council members welcome distinguished visitors.
A delegation from Las Vegas, Nevada, headed by Tourism Commissioner Lorraine Hunt-Bono and head of Protocol and Global Exchange Gayle  Anderson, paid a courtesy visit to theCity Hall, where they were greeted by Mayor Javier Bravo Carbajal. The purpose of this visit is to establish contact to set a formal relation in motion to the end of creating a sisterhood as to Tourism and Economic Development between the two cities.
Mrs. Hunt-Bono, talked to the mayor about her background as assistant to the governor of Nevada, a two-million-inhabitant state where millions of visitors are received every year, which represents an experience that can be used in exchange relations with Puerto Vallarta.
In turn, Mrs. Anderson commented she had heard a lot about Puerto Vallarta, and now that she is here she understands why. She told the mayor that Puerto Vallarta is a privileged place, and that his office welcomes investors coming to Vallarta.
At the reception where the mayor welcomed this distinguished group of visitors, were also City Council Members Andrés Gonzalez Palomera, Maria Idalia de Leon Medina, Ricardo René rodríguez, Jorge Luis García Delgado, Concesa Pelayo Arciniega, and Santiago Centeno Ulin; as well as Secretary General Emigdio Hurtado Rolon, DIF President Aleyda Bravo Carbajal, Tourism Under director Enrique Tovar and Chief of Projects and Tourist Investments Leticia Baca.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Puerto Vallarta, First Municipality to
Assume the Objectives of the Millenium
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Unity is what allows for reaching consensual objectives, defining plans, establishing strategies and generating results, the mayor said
Mayor Javier Bravo Carbajal, said at the signing ceremony of the Municipal Program for the Accomplishment ofMillennium Development Objectives “Unity is the most important to successfully carry out this program. It is what is going to allow us to get consensus as to the objectives, to defineplans, to establish strategies and to generate results” .
In the presence of the Resident Coordinator of the UNO System in Mexico Arie Hoeckman, the mayor highlighted that personal, group or ideological interests must be set aside, by considering that this is the moment to initiate a stage that consolidates team work for positive results, since by walking in the same direction and uniting efforts, “we’ll be able to materialize each of the proposed objectives”.
In the year 2000 –the mayor went on to say- our country signed the Millennium Summit Declaration, a document where the specific commitments were defined to work for equal opportunities and to improve the quality of life of the needy; commitments the municipality has embraced and incorporated into the government program, implementing immediate actions so that every civil servant knows them, understands them and embrace them.
Bravo Carbajal, joined by DIF President Aleyda Bravo Carbajal, representatives of the different political parties, City Council members, municipal officials and members of the different sectors of the municipality’s society, pointed out that by adopting these commitments it is sought to create opportunities to attain social justice, to channel resources to generate learning processes for development with the human approach that characterizes the people of Puerto Vallarta.
In turn, Salvador Gonzalez Resendiz, head of Social Development, was charged with the presentation of the program and emphasized that it is fundamental to execute  actions on a local level, where the municipal government will be responsible of such tasks, based on the capacities of each region, but always involving the different sectors of the population, in order to work as a team to favor the commitment to development.
He said that assessment actions will be undertaken to guarantee the efficiency and ability of the program, implementing actions to improve local government capability, participation of the civil society and the private sector, in order to generate the commitment to launch the Cities of the Millennium campaign, where citizen and government tasks will manifest to reach the objectives established in said document.
During the event, UNO Resident Coordinator Arie Hoeckman sworn in the members of the program’s Social Council, and called for all sectors of the population to work together to make it possible to reach the objectives to benefit the community, besides the fact that Puerto Vallarta is the first municipality to join in these tasks.
Likewise, the signing of an agreement to benefit the educational sector, health, environment, international and regional cooperation for development, among other aspects to consider to reach greater progress.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Buenaventura Hotel Marks 25th Anniversary with Complete Renovation
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Last December 8, Buenaventura Hotel celebrated its 25th anniversary with a complete renovation of its facilities and  an upgrade of its rating, by passing from a 4 to a 5 star rating. The renovation included public areas and consumption centers, as well as every room. Likewise, the hotel’s name was also updated, and it is now known as the Buenaventura Grand Hotel and Spa.
This meaningful transformation of a hotel that’s emblematic of Puerto Vallarta was celebrated with a cocktail party at the new beach club, attended by hotel owners and their families, Mayor Javier Bravo Carbajal, Chief of Tourist Projects and Investments Leticia Baca as representative of Tourism Director Marcelo Alcaraz., president of the Chamber of Comerce, Maximiliano Lomelí and president of Hotel and Motel Asociation of Puerto Vallarta, Oscar Rivero.
In a brief yet emotional ceremony, Hotelier Abel Villa expressed his thankfulness to all who made this transformation possible, namely the Zamano and Nuñez families, travel agents and collaborators, and specially the hotel guests for their comprehension during the renovation period .
He went on to talk about the origins of the hotel, his father’s dream that he soon embraced as his own and which gave him access to the hospitality world, of which –he confesses- he knew very little. He set out to learn whatever necessary and over the years, the company expanded first with the acquisition of the Hacienda Buenaventura Hotel and later with the construction of the Villa Premiere & Spa.
Mr. Antonio Zamano took the floor to honor the memory of the late Mr. Villa and Mr. Nuñez, and to highlight some important moments in the history of the Buenaventura hotels.
Mayor Javier Bravo Carbajal in turn, congratulated the owners and their families on the reopening of the Buenaventura Grand Hotel and Spa and recognized the presence of the hotels in the history of Puerto Vallarta, as companies committed to the development of the destination, creators of permanent jobs, and always for the positioning of Puerto Vallarta in the international tourist scene. He wished the hoteliers success and affirmed the City’s support to future projects that will contribute to the destination’s development and the improvement of the quality of life of its inhabitants.
Guests enjoyed delicious hors d’oeuvres and cocktails in a festive atmosphere that bordered the momentous occasion.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
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