Punta Garrobo
by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 12:58 (2816 days ago)
They opened their Club de Playa just the other day. From what I've seen it looks like something I'll be able to tolerate as long as they're careful with the environment, especially because my cuñada will be selling their properties. 
http://www.bravobienesraices.com/en/properties/puntagarrobo.html
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by midalake , Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 13:02 (2816 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
They opened their Club de Playa just the other day. From what I've seen it looks like something I'll be able to tolerate as long as they're careful with the environment, especially because my cuñada will be selling their properties.
http://www.bravobienesraices.com/en/properties/puntagarrobo.html
Nice beach!
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by wisconsinjuan , Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 19:02 (2816 days ago) @ midalake
I guess if family or friends are making money from it then it's OK?
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 19:27 (2816 days ago) @ wisconsinjuan
I guess if family or friends are making money from it then it's OK?
The comment doesn’t surprise me, but if you poke around through my comments here and in my blogs you should be able to find that my principles remain consistent and I don’t condone development just because family or friends stand to gain. I’ve long said I believe Punta Garrobo and the rest of the peninsula its on should be a protected natural area. But if that isn’t possible then I’d rather see a development like this than land invaders or a lot of other scenarios. A lot of money is being spent to get this right.
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by Casa Juan , Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 20:45 (2816 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
What is going to be their water source?
Desalinization would be the most eco friendly in this land where the aquifer is being depleted daily and Capaz will soon run out of water this season.
Big developments with all the pools, residences, landscaping etc will only exacerbate a very bad situation.
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by Casa Juan , Thursday, February 28, 2019, 11:53 (2815 days ago) @ Casa Juan
my post failed to mention desalinization would be very energy intensive absent the appropriate investment in solar. Given the proposed scale of the project, it might pencil out for the development and be free of worries about water .
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by Gringo Viejo , Kansas/Zihuatanejo, Thursday, February 28, 2019, 12:47 (2815 days ago) @ Casa Juan
Solar power can be abundant and cheap given the advances in technology on the horizon. Then desalinization rapidly makes sense. Throw into the mix a pollution free septic system and you are talking the area like in 30 years.
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I had not made a decision on this development. Having walked on the new airport road all winter, I have to say so far I am disgusted. The electrical contractor that installed all the lighting threw all the boxes and plastic off the side of the road. After mentioning it to the workers daily they finally left and left all the garbage behind. The folks who clean up the overgrowth of vegetation also just throw their trash all over the road. Several restaurants had thrown several hundred bags of trash on a road that connects to the airport road, too lazy to go to the dump? Yes I love Mexico and its people, I just wish. they would take more pride in there beautiful country.
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Friday, March 01, 2019, 11:20 (2814 days ago) @ Curbarn
I had not made a decision on this development. Having walked on the new airport road all winter, I have to say so far I am disgusted. The electrical contractor that installed all the lighting threw all the boxes and plastic off the side of the road. After mentioning it to the workers daily they finally left and left all the garbage behind. The folks who clean up the overgrowth of vegetation also just throw their trash all over the road. Several restaurants had thrown several hundred bags of trash on a road that connects to the airport road, too lazy to go to the dump? Yes I love Mexico and its people, I just wish. they would take more pride in there beautiful country.
The phones at the ayuntamiento work last I checked. It would’ve been quite helpful to have you make these comments to the responsible city authorities at the time. At least the folks in the current administration will respond. Not like the city officials in Florida who just take the developer's money and laugh at the public when they complain about the devastation of natural areas or the incredible congestion on local roads from all the developments to accommodate the endless flocks of arriving snowbirds. Just ask anyone in Bradenton. What you speak of is not exclusively a Mexican thing.
Making the world a better place requires our collective participation.
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Rob, at the beer festival I was approached by the new mayor, who asked me was there anythings that needed repairing. I mentioned that the road up the hill was overgrown and full of potholes. One of the people who works up here had been hit by a car because of lack of visibility. He told me it would be fixed. Two weeks later, I asked the developer of Cerro del Vigia to advocate on behalf of the people that use the hill road. They apparently knew that the city administration was not going to follow thru and sent their own staff to clean it up.
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Saturday, March 02, 2019, 12:21 (2813 days ago) @ Curbarn
Rob, at the beer festival I was approached by the new mayor, who asked me was there anythings that needed repairing. I mentioned that the road up the hill was overgrown and full of potholes. One of the people who works up here had been hit by a car because of lack of visibility. He told me it would be fixed. Two weeks later, I asked the developer of Cerro del Vigia to advocate on behalf of the people that use the hill road. They apparently knew that the city administration was not going to follow thru and sent their own staff to clean it up.
All I can say is what different experiences and responses we get from the current city administration. But thank you for your efforts.
I didn’t realize the developer at Cerro del Vigía was a vidente. 
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They weren't, they waited two weeks for no response then took charge.
Gettinerdone
by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Saturday, March 02, 2019, 13:25 (2813 days ago) @ Curbarn
They weren't, they waited two weeks for no response then took charge.
Two weeks is not a long time to wait by local standards, pero qué bueno que echaron su granito de arena. Everything I said that road was going to be has already come true, but some people love it. I liked the footpaths and the jungle better. At the rate we're going it won't be long until buses are parking at Las Gatas. Of course they'll need a huge parking lot...
