ANA Extraordinary Meeting – Background
Loss is a terrible thing. It can also be an opportunity to look at things differently. Such is the case with the sudden death of ANA President Tom Swale. There are no rules in ANA’s current by-laws to specify succession. As a result, ANA is currently operating...
Caballito Stairs Reconstruction Project
Several months ago, ANA began receiving complaints and requests from neighbors about the ‘Caballito Stairs,’ a narrow pedestrian stairway running down to the beach from Calle Santa Barbara, between Almar Resort and Vallarta Manor (at the top) and Vallarta Shores (at...
AMAPAS PROJECT FOCUS
The Amapas Neighborhood Association (ANA) has five Board members: Don Pickens (Treasurer), Sylvia Toy (Secretary), Gene Mendoza (Security), Harris Spiridonidis (Responsible Development), and Yasmin Todd (Volunteers). With Tom Swale’s passing and Michael Linder moving...
Safety & Security
It is “low season” in Vallarta and like every year we have been experiencing theft within our beloved Amapas and in the whole city, in general. As properties sit empty, and sometimes while owners are in town or even asleep at night, thieves get away with stealing...
GREEN ZONES
This article written by Harris Spiridonidis is to help our members better understand an underpinning of the Amapas Plan Parcial – green zones. There are two types of green zones in the Amapas colonia: 1. Green zones incorporated in the Amapas Plan Parcial as such....
‘MEMBERS ONLY’ Q&A: ‘Vallarta Development 101’
Over 40 ANA members filled the auditorium at Incanto for an informative presentation followed by a lively question and answer session on April 11. Real estate broker and AMPI PresidentHarriet Murray, City Hall veteran Ing. Oscar Hernandez (ably assisted by ANA...
SIGN THE PETITION: Save the Pilitas Stairs!
A proposed new seven-story condo tower at the end of Calle Pilitas, where it intersects with Pino Suarez (on paper, anyway) threatens the location of the stairway that historically connected Amapas residents near the highway with neighbors on Pilitas and provided...
‘MEMBERS ONLY’ Q&A ON NEW CONSTRUCTION SET FOR APRIL 11
For the 411 on zoning rules, from City Hall to the Amapas Plan Parcial to what can and can’t be built on that vacant lot down the street, you’ve got questions, and our panel of local experts has answers. Join us at Incanto (Insurgentes, at the bridge) on Wednesday,...
ANA’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
On February 16, Act II Stages hosted ANA’s Annual General Meeting, and it ran, if you don’t mind us saying so, like a well-oiled machine. About 40 members were present, with proxies getting us to quorum. President Tom Swale reviewed ANA’s 2017 accomplishments,...
Welcome, Diego!
Your ANA is pleased to welcome Diego Villalobos Ramirez as our new Office Manager. Diego is smart, helpful, agreeable and experienced. Not to mention bilingual. Most recently, he worked as Management Assistant and handled Front Desk responsibilities at Tropicasa...