Vallarta Construction Licenses Get Green Light (with Conditions)
Puerto Vallarta's tourism is up, the cultural calendar is bursting, and there's tension between development and preserving the environment. Get your fill of sports, raicilla, tacos, and arts, but watch out for those pesky dengue mosquitos.
Puerto Vallarta's halls of power just got a whole lot more interesting. Turns out, the city government and those ever-vigilant environmental folks from SEMARNAT have reached a truce in the name of progress. Well, a temporary truce, at least.
Here's the deal: construction permits, those magical pieces of paper that let developers sprout condos and hotels faster than mushrooms after a rainstorm, are getting the fast track. Investors are no doubt popping champagne corks as we speak. Finally, they can put those shovels to work!
