Great Big Muckety Muck
Steve is now a great big muckety muck. Of sorts. But not really.
I'm now on the Board of Directors for the Asociacion Pro Mejoras de Tamarindo. Roughly translated, that is the board for improving Tamarindo. An almost completely volunteer organization that was founded 10 or 12 years ago to provide continuous beach cleanup, the APMT is now involved in several very important programs and acts as a de-facto local government.
APMT helps organize the lifeguards, was largely responsible for paving the main road in Tamarindo, continues to clean the beaches (with much help from the local Surfrider Chapter), and paid the rent at the police station for the last six months. Incidentally, the municipality is now committed to paying the police station's rent, which is fantastic as Tamarindo now has one of the best police stations/presences in the country.
And speaking of police, I was very pleased to learn yesterday that in 2007 the number of reported "incidents" was nearly 180. In the first six months of 2008, there have been only 10 "incidents" reported. That is a tremendous decrease and almost certainly the most important factor has been getting our police station organized and drawing attention from the local municipality. Please do keep in mind that there is no way that we have had only 10 "incidents" in the last six months. That's a little ludicrous. The good news is that the number of reported incidents has dropped, from that we can infer that the number of actual crimes has also dropped, or at the very least the severity of the crimes is far less (people invariably report more serious theft so that they can later file insurance claims, for example).
So now I'm involved in trying to help make Tamarindo a better place, in an official sense. I hope to be posting all manner of information in the near future about the vast strides that we've taken. Because no politically-oriented news would be complete without a request for money, I'll include my request here:
If you spend time in Tamarindo and/or have investments here, please consider donating something to the APMT. The Banco Nacional account is 200-02-145-000762-7, the ID#: 3-101-150173, the SINPE #: 151145200200007624
The BAC- San Jose account is:
id: 3-002-150173, Account: 907345920, SINPE: 102000009073459205
If there is a particular cause that you consider most important, make a note of it with your deposit and all of the money will be dedicated specifically to that cause. Examples include: Beach Cleanup, Green Zone Maintenance, Police & Security, Roads and Walkways, Lifeguards, etc.
I'm now on the Board of Directors for the Asociacion Pro Mejoras de Tamarindo. Roughly translated, that is the board for improving Tamarindo. An almost completely volunteer organization that was founded 10 or 12 years ago to provide continuous beach cleanup, the APMT is now involved in several very important programs and acts as a de-facto local government.
APMT helps organize the lifeguards, was largely responsible for paving the main road in Tamarindo, continues to clean the beaches (with much help from the local Surfrider Chapter), and paid the rent at the police station for the last six months. Incidentally, the municipality is now committed to paying the police station's rent, which is fantastic as Tamarindo now has one of the best police stations/presences in the country.
And speaking of police, I was very pleased to learn yesterday that in 2007 the number of reported "incidents" was nearly 180. In the first six months of 2008, there have been only 10 "incidents" reported. That is a tremendous decrease and almost certainly the most important factor has been getting our police station organized and drawing attention from the local municipality. Please do keep in mind that there is no way that we have had only 10 "incidents" in the last six months. That's a little ludicrous. The good news is that the number of reported incidents has dropped, from that we can infer that the number of actual crimes has also dropped, or at the very least the severity of the crimes is far less (people invariably report more serious theft so that they can later file insurance claims, for example).
So now I'm involved in trying to help make Tamarindo a better place, in an official sense. I hope to be posting all manner of information in the near future about the vast strides that we've taken. Because no politically-oriented news would be complete without a request for money, I'll include my request here:
If you spend time in Tamarindo and/or have investments here, please consider donating something to the APMT. The Banco Nacional account is 200-02-145-000762-7, the ID#: 3-101-150173, the SINPE #: 151145200200007624
The BAC- San Jose account is:
id: 3-002-150173, Account: 907345920, SINPE: 102000009073459205
If there is a particular cause that you consider most important, make a note of it with your deposit and all of the money will be dedicated specifically to that cause. Examples include: Beach Cleanup, Green Zone Maintenance, Police & Security, Roads and Walkways, Lifeguards, etc.
# posted by Steve Broyles @ 7/10/2008 12:33:00 PM 
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