Begun in 2009 and approved in May of this year, the Pro-Auditorio Project raised more than one million pesos with cultural events and other fund-raisers, which are to be matched with equal funds from the federal and Jalisco governments.
The funds were designated for the improvement of Lakeside’s 30-year-old and busy Auditorio de la Ribera del Lago in Ajijic’s La Floresta neighborhood. Primary improvements, identified by local retired engineer John Keeling and acoustics architect Thom Weeks, were centered on acoustical problems — problems so pronounced that many artists hesitated to perform in the building. Weeks prepared a report specifying the essential elements of an upgrade, providing the basis for an application to the government for funding assistance under a program for improvements to cultural buildings.
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