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A brief look around the streets of Guiones and Pelada is enough to see the amount of construction currently taking place. Although these developments are great for the community in terms of progress and employment, the NCA has always been firmly committed to the idea that growth must go hand in hand with the environmental […]

What community organizations exist in Nosara? How are they financed? What are their needs? And how can the Municipality of Nicoya help them? These are some of the questions asked by the new mayor of Nicoya, Carlos Armando Martínez, during his first visit to Nosara as Municipal leader. On Wednesday, May 13, Martinez visited Celajes

We’ve all seen the T-shirts for sale proudly advocating to “Keep Nosara Weird.” As cool as they are, it’s a safe bet  the designer didn’t quite envisage a weirdness of the strain or magnitude Nosara is currently experiencing. Fist bumps, kisses, and hugs replaced by hand waves and sleeved elbow bumps, empty restaurants in high

Do you love the natural environment ? Do you love seeing animal and plant habitats preserved ? Do you love the idea of reforestation, animal rehabilitation, sustainable development, regulated construction, and more ideas aimed at preserving the place you know and love ? Do you wish you could do more but don’t have the time?

On February 2, Costa Ricans nationwide elected 6138 candidates including mayors, vice mayors, councilors and syndics to represent them until 2024. This included the Canton of Nicoya presiding over Nosara. So what do these municipal positions mean, how do they operate, who was voted in, and what does that mean for us? Mayor The mayor

On the morning of Friday 8th November, representatives of MOPT and CONAVI, Diego Vásquez and Luis Artavia, met with The Development Association of Nosara (ADIN), and the Route 160 Committee at the ADIN office to get the latest report on the continuance of work along the Route 160 stretching from Nosara town to Garza. This

In 1992, 3.5 acres of Amigos De Nosara (later the NCA) owned land was set aside to contain the waste from the Nosara district. In the near 3 decades since ‘Nosara dump’ has been operating, it has served a vital role in helping deal with the community’s trash. This was never an easy task, particularly

A new study gets us closer to an answer Thanks to a recent hydrogeological study, Nosara has maps and other vital information on the water available. What we know so far is troubling but not irreversible. The study gathered and evaluated information already available about water supply in Nosara and indicated what kind of information

Amigos de Costa Rica, the Guanacaste Fund, and Steve Mack Nosara residents are justly known for their generosity, making donations to organizations that alleviate local poverty, support education, protect wildlife, beaches, and parklands, promote recycling, and fund other causes as the need arises. Last week’s blog featured Friends of Nosara, the mechanism created by Mike

After tropical storm Nate, we saw how generous Nosara residents were with donations of food, clothing, household furnishings, and other necessities for those displaced by flooding. In addition, people who aren’t here right now asked where to donate money. In past years, the answer would have been “Friends of Nosara,” but this year Friends founders