Los Congos is in La Prensa newspaper in Nicaragua again. The media is overly positive about our project and excited to present what we are doing to Nicaragua. Following is the most recent article from La Prensa. The article has been translated into English using Google's translation utility. Please excuse the poor translation. We use this method because the wording remains clear of bias. *Dollar amounts stated below were not provided by Laguna S.A.

It advances ecoturístico project in Lagoon of Support

Anne Perez Rivera nacionales@laprensa.com.ni

http://www.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2007/
mayo/19/noticias/nacionales/192052.shtml

The enterprise group Laguna, S.A. presented/displayed at the end of the last week the study of environmental impact for the use of 300 apples of property that would be used for the ecoturístico development.

To the date, the investors have environmental permission to make ground studies and authorization to install a network of electrical lighting system, but they will have to hope to that the Natural Atmosphere Ministry and Resources (Marena) she approves the study of environmental impact in the selected zone.

The study, that will have to be approved in next the thirty days, is of vital importance because the property selected by Laguna, S.A. is near the water mirror of the Lagoon of Support, where is tried to make an investment superior to the forty million dollars.

ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS

In agreement with the plan of work of Laguna, S.A., first stage of the construction it contemplates to the Resort Hotel the Congos, the one that will practically be within a private natural reserve. The second phase finally contemplates to the sale of lots and urbanization of the zone and the establishment of an accessible ecological park for the community bordering to the Lagoon of Support.

?In all our work we are and we must be more careful than the State, because the project will only be profitable if we are careful with environment because it is what we sell?, said Ausberto Narváez, vice-president of the tourist project, to the being consulted on possible risks to environment.

Like part of the environmental strategy, Narváez assured that Laguna, S.A. will not extract water of the Lagoon of Support and also a process of reforestation with seedtime of about 25 thousand trees in the zone will begin, that is in the list of the natural reserves.

The investors of Laguna, S.A. already began to work altogether with the municipality of Diriá, Granada and in the middle of this week they will meet with the Council to define the cooperation between the parts.