| Year | Event/Activity |
|---|---|
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Board: David Connell (P), Linda Bondy (VP), Anita LaPointe (VP), Suzanne Hoebermann (Sec), Bob Hoebermann (Treas.) |
| 1999 | APCAT’s first general Association Assembly was on July 23, 1999. |
| 1999 | Agenda included voting on proposed By-Laws, Officers & priority order of five projects: |
| 1999 | Projects: The bridge, water, road maintenance, electric upgrade and telephone service installation. |
| 1999 | 2nd Annual Troncones International Art Show, Dec. 27, 1999, in Dewey’s “Palapa Grande.” |
| 1999 | Nicole Dugal & Anita LaPointe were instrumental in getting land line phone service in Troncones. |
| 1999 | 49 APCAT members from June 1, 1999 to Dec. 29, 1999. |
| 1999 | 1999 La Conexión unbound: 2 pages, 61 residential phone numbers listed. (Started by Suzanne & Bob Hoebermann) |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Board: Gerry Comacho (Prez), Bob Hoebermann (VP), Nicole Dugal (VP), Barb Szczudlak (Sec), David Connell (Treas.) |
| 2000 | January 6, 2000 – Dewey McMillin & Troncones appear in a front page article of the Wall Street Journal. |
| 2000 | Adopted 3 prong infrastructure project: the bridge, ingress road, delivery of running water to Beach Road homes. |
| 2000 | The Leap of Faith Bridge was replaced with a small, one-lane bridge designed to withstand the rain. |
| 2000 | Troncones swapped land owned near Buena Vista (needed for Hwy 200) for help with construction of ingress road. |
| 2000 | New well was dug, pump, transformer, hill-top storage tank in place, pipe for water to road & over bridge installed. |
| 2000 | 2000 La Conexión: 60 copies printed, ad prices $50 US. |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Board: Bob Hoebermann (Prez), David Connell (VP), John Philbrook (VP), Gail Parsegian (Sec), Richard Kelly (Treas.) |
| 2001 | Ingress/entronque roadwork began in early January, finished in February. |
| 2001 | Tronc. Public Works Committee aka Water Board formed: M. Izazaga (P), Eliceo Sanchez(VP,) Dewey McM (Sec.) Anita (T) |
| 2001 | Jaguar Tours was launched (by Dewey McMillin & David Connell) offering zip-line, cave and canopy tours. |
| 2001 | APCAT spent 7,355 pesos on road repairs in 2001. |
| 2001 | 2001 La Conexión: price 60 pesos, 80 pages, 75 residential phone numbers listed. |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Board: John McKay (Prez), David Connell (VP), John Philbrook (VP), Barb Szczudlak (Secty), Rich Kelly (Treas.) |
| 2002 | Gen’l Meeting, APCAT members voted to loan “Public Works Committee” 100,000 pesos re water delivery project. |
| 2002 | By March 7, most of the beach receiving water alternate days, with cooperation re valve opening time restrictions. |
| 2002 | Board investigating costs of paving Beach Road, cobblestones vs blacktop, bike/walking paths, etc. |
| 2002 | By early summer complaints arose about the water quality being salty. Other water sources being investigated. |
| 2002 | APCAT spent 18,080 pesos on road repairs in 2002. |
| 2002 | 2002 La Conexión: price 72 pesos, 107 pages, 90 residential phone numbers listed. 165 copies printed. |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Board: Huey Rodeheaver (P), Mike Bensal (VP), John McKay (VP), Rich Kelly (Tr), Tina Morse (Secty) |
| 2003 | Security issues discussed included a security building, some beach patrolmen, cost of ATVs. |
| 2003 | APCAT spent 128,400 pesos on road repairs in 2003. |
| 2003 | 2003 La Conexión: price 80 pesos, 108 pages, 96 residential phone numbers listed. |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Board: Huey Rodeheaver (P), Mike Bensal (VP), John McKay (VP), Rich Kelly (Tr), Tina Morse (Secty) |
| 2004 | La Union approved our posting of signs prohibiting use of motorcycles, 4-wheel ATVs & jet skis on our beaches. |
| 2004 | Local parents graciously asked the expats to cancel the grand Posadas. Kids were forgetting their traditions. |
| 2004 | APCAT spent 107,100 pesos on road repairs in 2004. |
| 2004 | 2004 La Conexión. Price 80 pesos, 92 pages, 105 residential phone numbers. |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Board: Hans Brouwers (Prez), Ernie Mrachek (VP), Susana Casarin (VP), Winn Leva (Secty), Jill Edwards (Treas.) |
| 2005 | “Erik’s Park.” Funds were being raised and improvements made to create park behind the Church. |
| 2005 | Water continues to be a huge issue. APCAT agreed to help Ejido fund hiring a hydrologist to look for aquifer. |
| 2005 | A group of 7 homes/businesses experimented with a wireless broadband, bounced from antenna to antenna. |
| 2005 | Re security: We experimented with a security system with walkie/talkies, cell phones & cops to man a small “tower.” |
| 2005 | As of October, 2005 we had 77 members. |
| 2005 | APCAT paid 72,600 pesos for road repairs in 2005. This included 150 loads of sand & gravel. |
| 2005 | 2005 La Conexión. Price 80 pesos, 100 pages, 110 residential phone numbers. |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Board: Huey Rodeheaver (Prez), Dewey McMillin (VP), Richard Kelly (VP), Anita LaPointe (Sec.), Jill Edwards (Treas) |
| 2006 | Troncones’ 1st calendar to raise funds for baños, etc. at the Tele-Secundaria. Raised US $10,000. (Jill Edw. & Barb. L.) |
| 2006 | La Union told us that Troncones Business & Homeowners would no longer have to pay for garbage pick-up. |
| 2006 | At the beginning of 2006, there were 88 homes on the beach and 4 under construction. Our water needs grow. |
| 2006 | Members agreed to share estimated cost of $250,000 US for a water system, if outlay did not exceed $3,000 US per lot. |
| 2006 | Board started steps to acquire permit to drill & get well site land (Gerardo Garcias’s) turned over to Ejido for the well. |
| 2006 | Efforts to keep the dust down on our Beach Road continued with recurring applications of calcium chloride. |
| 2006 | APCAT-funded test well proved Troncones aquifer to be a large source of good water. |
| 2006 | Treas. Jill began collecting US $2000 each from lot owners-cash, checks, wire transfers. $2500 for non-APCAT folks. |
| 2006 | As of Dec. 31, 2006, we had collected either $2,000 or $2,500 (non APCAT) from 84 lot owners for Water Project. |
| 2006 | As of October, we had 100 APCAT members. |
| 2006 | APCAT paid 59,100 pesos for road repairs in 2006. |
| 2006 | 2006 La Conexión. 80 pesos, 116 pages, 115 residental phone numbers |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Board: Huey Rodeheaver (P,) Dewey McMillin (VP), Rich Kelly (VP), Kathie Johnson (Sec.),Tom Redman/Jill Edw./Rich K (Treas.) |
| 2007 | The Water Project continues. By Dec. 31, 2007 we had collected 2,000 or 2,500 for a total of 141.5 lots participating. |
| 2007 | Drainage issues: APCAT spent >56,000 pesos for a topo map for drainage and a drainage engineer. |
| 2007 | APCAT spent 215,000 pesos on road repair. Included 200 truck loads of tepetate & 56,000 pesos for drainage study. |
| 2007 | La Conexión: Price 80 pesos, 124 pages, 103 residential phone numbers. |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Board:Richard Kelly (P), Huey Rodeheaver (VP), Mike Price (VP), Linda Rodeheaver (Sec), Chuck Gibbs/Jill Edwards (Tr.) |
| 2008 | The concept of “Land Gained from the Sea” arose, referring to land between the Zona Federal and lot lines, if any. |
| 2008 | APCAT spent 108,876 pesos on road repairs in 2008. |
| 2008 | 2008 La Conexión. Price 90 pesos, 126 pages, 121 residential phone numbers. |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Board: Richard Kelly (P), Mike Price (VP), Huey Rodeheaver (VP), Linda Rodeheaver (Sec.), Chuck Gibbs/Jill Edwards (Tr.) |
| 2009 | “Erik’s Park,” located behind the Church was completed. |
| 2009 | Gonzalo purchased garbage containers with hinged lids (Mex. City) that members then bought. Many still in use 2019. |
| 2009 | Rich Kelly acquired 2 AED Defibrilators. They were placed at Mi Casa Su Casa & the Inn at Manzanillo Bay. |
| 2009 | APCAT spent 272,230 pesos on road repair in 2009. |
| 2009 | La Conexión, updated from 2008: Price 90 pesos, 128 pages, 117 residential phone numbers. |
| 2009 | RIP: Anita LaPointe, Dwayne May, Ben Nitzberg |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Board: Huey Rodeheaver (Prez), Chuck Gibbs (VP ), Paul Israel (VP), Kim Page (Secty.), Tina Morse (Treasurer) |
| 2010 | TripAdvisor TravelCast Top Five World Destinations for 2010: Troncones was #1. |
| 2010 | Donations were collected and the Kiosko honoring the memory of Anita LaPointe is to be built on fairgrounds. |
| 2010 | APCAT donated 30,000 pesos toward the Expo-Feria Grounds. |
| 2010 | Construction of Troncones’ rural Medical Clinic was completed in 2010. |
| 2010 | APCAT donated 35,000 pesos for road to clinic. |
| 2010 | Figueroa Figueroa Park & Plaza, (Troncones Expo-Feria fairgrounds), ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 18th, 2010. |
| 2010 | Dust control consisted of Calcium Chloride, paid for by individuals and APCAT. |
| 2010 | APCAT paid 93,383 pesos on road repair plus 17,850 for a drainage fix quote in 2010. |
| 2010 | La Conexión. 100 pesos, 122 pages, 121 residential phone numbers |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Board: Rich Kelly (Prez), Chuck Gibbs (VP), Paul Israel (VP), Kim Page (Secty), Tina Morse (Treasurer) |
| 2011 | The new Troncones medical clinic was opened to the public. |
| 2011 | A 2011 Troncones calendar was published to help raise money for the Kiosko – Anita LaPointe memorial. (Deb M) |
| 2011 | APCAT began improvement projects at the elementary school, started with the island in front of main entrance. |
| 2011 | La Conexión. Price 100 pesos, 120 pages, 134 residential phone numbers. |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Board: Richard Kelly (P), Dewey McMillin (VP), Chuck Gibbs (VP), Jill Edwards (Secty), Greg King (Treas.) |
| 2012 | Shrimp Festival – on the beach between Mi Casa Su Casa and Costa Brava. |
| 2012 | A federal plan to pave 3 kilometers of our Beach Road got underway, starting at the south end. |
| 2012 | 1st Annual Group Swim – Majahua Splash – Playa Majahua to Manzanillo Bay. (Swim club, Stenson, CA) |
| 2012 | APCAT sponsored Painting Party at the Troncones Elementary School in January 2012. Over 80 people turned out. |
| 2012 | APCAT had telephone poles installed up to Medical Clinic and pays monthly bill for the Clinic’s landline phone. |
| 2012 | 2nd Annual Expo Art Fair (El Colectivo Artistas de Troncones) |
| 2012 | Megacable came to Troncones to pitch their services: wifi, telephone, TV, etc. |
| 2012 | APCAT built a hand-washing station at the school and improved the bathrooms. |
| 2012 | Troncones residents built upward of 40 islands along the Beach Road, ahead of promised paving. |
| 2012 | APCAT built first island at the Elementary School to provide kids a safe exit from the front school gate. |
| 2012 | APCAT improved the street entry at the school, had pavers made and installed, the drainage fixed, etc. |
| 2012 | 3rd Annual Troncones Expo-Feria. |
| 2012 | Nov.3-5 Beach Road from Delfin to Regalo del Mar was impassable (mud lake) due to heavy rains & road construction. |
| 2012 | APCAT spent 245,919 pesos on road repairs in 2012. |
| 2012 | 2012 La Conexión. Price 100 pesos, 120 pages, 136 residential phone numbers. |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Board: Dewey McMillin (Prez), Chuck Gibbs (VP), Richard Kelly (VP), Jill Edwards (Secty), Greg King/ Jill E (Treas.) |
| 2013 | Board members did a Mule Caravan along beach selling 2013 La Conexiónes. We sold 99 in 2.5 hours. |
| 2013 | On September 15th, Mexico was hit with two storms at once, “Ingrid” on Atlantic, “Manuel” on the Pacific side. |
| 2013 | Troncones T became a three way stop with APCAT’s installation of custom made street signs. |
| 2013 | State-funded 2-lane bridge was built over the south lagoon connecting south end of Beach Rd to Playa Tómas. |
| 2013 | New section of Hwy 200 east of our Pemex opened, including a new entrance to, and exit from highway to Troncones. |
| 2013 | 2013 La Conexión. Price 100 pesos, 130 pages, 134 residential phone numbers. |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Board: Dewey McMillin (Prez), Paul Franz (VP), Lorraine Simpson (VP), Jill Edwards (Secty), Jon Erickson, (Treas) |
| 2014 | 1st annual APCAT Sunset Cruise took place on the “Picante” catamaran out of Zihuatanejo Bay with 57 people. |
| 2014 | A cell tower was erected just off the beach on the property of Doña Nica & Ramiro Nuñez. |
| 2014 | Our first “Caminata Dominical,” a community walk on the last Sunday of each month. (Nicole Dugal introduced.) |
| 2014 | On April 18th, we experienced a 7.2 earthquake centered 40km south of Petatlan. Very little damage in Troncones. |
| 2014 | APCAT sent a petition with 671 names to local, regional, & national heads of TelMex for phone/wifi upgrades, etc. |
| 2014 | CFE upgraded our electric lines from single phase to three phase from Joya del Mar to South Beach. |
| 2014 | The 2012 Federal plan to pave 3 kilometers of our beach road was finished in late January, 2014. |
| 2014 | APCAT gained 25 new members over prior year, enough that we hired a nearly full time Public Works employee. |
| 2014 | Las Hermanas held their 1st Jewelry Sale, raised 41,000+ pesos for the Cemetery Improvement Project. |
| 2014 | 1st Music Festival on the beach to raise money for the Troncones Youth Music Project, 21 musicians performed. |
| 2014 | 2014 La Conexión: Price 100 pesos, 130 pages, 128 residential phone numbers. |
| 2014 | RIP: Kathleen Kelly, Ron Aronberg, Linda Bondy, Jorge Zavala |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Board: Dewey McMillin (P), Russell Erwin (VP), Lorraine Simpson (VP), Jill Edwards (Sec.), Hans Brouwers/Jill Edwards (Treas) |
| 2015 | The 2nd Annual APCAT Sunset Cruise took place. |
| 2015 | Work related to paving the 2 northern kilometers of Beach Road began. |
| 2015 | APCAT sent TelMex a 2nd letter with many pages of names of people waiting for phone service & internet connections. |
| 2015 | An inauguration ceremony was held to open the new rock arch entrance to the Troncones Cemetery. |
| 2015 | The 2015/2016 La Conexión, our first full color edition, was ready for sale and distribution. |
| 2015 | Troncones Playa Limpia was launched by Leela Francis, Pato & friends. Organic compost, market, recycling etc. |
| 2015 | November: The 2nd annual Music Festival to benefit the Troncones Youth Music Project (250+ people attended.) |
| 2015 | Pato of the Azulita Project opened a Wednesday morning Organic Market in Troncones. |
| 2015 | Dewey smooth talked the President of La Union into subsidizing much of our Public Works employee’s salary. |
| 2015 | TelMex began adding additional phone ports, internet connections and upgraded the WiFi system. Finally! Yea. |
| 2015 | 2015/2016 La Conexión. Price: 150 pesos, 152 pages, 154 residential phone numbers. |
| 2015 | RIP: Bob Hoeberman. |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Board: Wendy Page (P), Lorraine Simpson (VP), Russell Erwin (VP), Kim Page (Sec.), Lyn Gilstrap (T) |
| 2016 | The 3rd Annual APCAT Sunset Cruise on the “Picante” took place on January 15th. |
| 2016 | The Troncones Mosquito Control Project was launched with 250 ovillanta traps. (Dewey & Jill, w/ Dr.Gerardo Ulibarri’s traps) |
| 2016 | Megacable has put in utility poles and strung wire from 200 down into Troncones. Awaiting packages & prices. |
| 2016 | First condos on Manzanillo Bay (The Residencias) were ready for occupancy. |
| 2016 | Board surveyed members on project priorities. In order: kid’s education, environment, mosquito control & bike trails. |
| 2016 | The northern 2 kilometers of the Beach Road were paved in 2016 and a poor job it was. Repairs continue in 2019. |
| 2016 | RIP: Phillip Thau, Nicole Dugal. |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Board: Dewey McMillin (Prez), Craig Johnson (VP), Taylor Morisette (VP), Jill Edwards (Secty), Sofia Hernandez (Treas.) |
| 2017 | 4th Annual APCAT Sunset Cruise January 20, on the “Picante” catamaran. |
| 2017 | APCAT hired a 2nd Public Works employee to assist in keeping the roadsides cut back and free of litter, etc. |
| 2017 | APCAT helped create a walking area alongside the ingress road from Troncones proper to Nuevo Troncones. |
| 2017 | The first of Troncones Bike Trails for mountain bikers and hikers was opened. |
| 2017 | Troncones Limpia created community composts for residents’ use at Mi Casa Su Casa and across from Las Villas. |
| 2017 | Families of the Bus Fund kids (Tronco & Majahua, with Las Hermanas, threw a huge Kermes for the Bus Fund Project. |
| 2017 | The first road up from the Beach Road, between the main ingress road and the soccer field was paved with concrete. |
| 2017 | The APCAT Board (Sofia & Jill) secured discounts for card-carrying APCAT members at 17 local restaurants. |
| 2017 | A new condo project broke ground on Punta Majahua at the north end of our Beach Road (Majahua Point.) |
| 2017 | 2017/2018 La Conexión. Price 250 pesos, 162 pages, 178 residential phone numbers. |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Board: Dewey McMillin (P), Gonzalo Rolando (VP), Craig Johnson (VP), Jill Edwards (Secty), Sofia Hernandez (Treas.) |
| 2018 | Due to water woes our geologist members are assisting Ejido water guys to find a new source of water for new well. |
| 2018 | APCAT built bathrooms at the fairgrounds, 4 stalls for women, 2 for men, & finished in time for the 2018 Expo-Feria. |
| 2018 | A new condo project broke ground on the hillside south of Playa Tómas, facing north. |
| 2018 | New trails have been added to the Troncones Trails Project; one comes out on the Majahua-Lagunillas Road. |
| 2018 | The 2nd Annual Big Kermes was put on by Bus Fund kids’ families (Troncones & Majahua) & Las Hermanas. |
| 2018 | Pedro P made 40+ School Bus banks and volunteers painted them. They are “collecting” Bus Fund money all over town. |
| 2018 | A new well to supplement our existing community well was completed in late 2018. |
| 2018 | Our municipality has a new president. Dewey got him to agree to continue subsidizing our 2 Public Works guys. |
| 2018 | RIP: Joan McKay. |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Board: Gonzalo Rolando (P), Dewey McMillan (VP), Craig Johnson (VP), Sofia Hernandez (Treas.), Emmet Marshall (Sec.) |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Board: Gonzalo Rolando (P), Craig Johnson (VP), Alejandro Rodriguez (VP), Sofia Hernandez (Treas.), Emmet Marshall (Sec.) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Board: Gonzalo Rolando (P), Winter Ramos (VP), Alejandro Rodriguez (Treas.), Emmet Marshall (Sec.) |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Board: Alejandro Rodriguez (P), Winter Ramos (VP), Craig Gilbertson (VP), Judy Jones (Treas.), Pam Carlson (Sec.) |
| 2022 | APCAT supported Playa Limpia with 75% of their budget. |
| 2022 | APCAT donated TV’s to the Lagunillas Telesecundaria |
| 2022 | APCAT supported Majahua-Lagunillas road clean up. |
| 2022 | APCAT supported Majahua Kinder roof project |
| 2022 | APCAT participated in workshops in La Union for the Urban Development Plan. |
| 2022 | Creation of the new APCAT Constitution and By Laws. |
| 2022 | Clinic Clean Up and Beautification Day. |
| 2022 | Support for committee for the improvement of the CFE electric lines. A committee went to Chilpancingo. With the collection of all of your letters noting your meter numbers, these were presented by the local leaders to the management of CFE. |
| 2022 | Formation of the Agua Limpia committee to focus on the problems that are already happening along the beach, putting an alert on the situation on the growth and management of the wastewater situation. |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Board: Alejandro Rodriguez (P), Winter Ramos (VP), Judy Jones (Treas.), Pam Carlson (Sec.), Craig Gilbertson (Mbr At Large) |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Board: Gonzalo Rolando (P), David H. Maddison (Treas.), Greg Fernette (Sec.), Winter Ramos (M), Kim Kovel (Mbr At Large) |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Board: Gonzalo Rolando (P), Greg Fernette (VP), Kim Kovel (Secty), David Maddison (Treas.), Natalie Clark, Winter Ramos, Brent Weide (Mbrs At Large) |
| 2025 | ‘La Unión’ (Troncones, La Majahua, la Saladita) was designated by the government of México as the fourth important tourism destination in GRO |
| 2025 | 143 Households Signed Up As Members |
Association for the Preservation of the Environment of Troncones