Vista Del Valle Neighborhood In Cotui
By Aneurys Pérez
Cotuí
Saturday, December 7th, 2013
Vista Del Valle Neighborhood In Cotuí
By Aneurys Pérez
From its beginning, Vista del Valle neighborhood
brings with it a wonderful history, a good development, and extraordinary
changes over the time, which many people would be interested to know. As all
neighborhoods, Vista del Valle, has a different history. It has its own origin,
and also its evolution, making this neighborhood a treasure to discover.
There are many important
things to learn about the beginnings of Vista del Valle neighborhood in Cotui.
One day, Benjamin Jerez, who was the owner of a cattle farm, decided to sell
part of his land. From that moment on, people started buying pieces of land in
order to live there. However, it became a neighborhood called La Sabana, which
was the name of the farm. The neighborhood was founded in 1999 during the first
government of Dr. Leonel Fernández. Then, a teacher named Neris Rondón saw the
natural environment, which looked like a valley. After that, she said that she
would give a better name to the neighborhood. Eventually, the name, Vista del
Valle, was given to it in 2001 when Ana Mercedes Casso School was founded. Both
a basketball and a baseball fields were built that year. During the foundation
of Vista del Valle, there were only three families living there. From then on,
the population started increasing.
The
past conditions of Vista
del Valle neighborhood were not favorable at all. Almost everything seemed to
be in chaos. There was only tall grass and forest all around. The roads were
not good for any type of transportation because of the mud. The mud didn’t
allow any vehicle to go over them, except horses. The first families didn’t
have access neither to water not to electricity. Both were very far from the
neighborhood. They were around two kilometers away. There was abundance of
different kinds of insects such as spiders, wasps, mosquitoes, Etc. Finally,
Vista del Valle neighborhood didn’t have sufficient conditions to be populated.
These conditions made this place terrible to live in.
Through the time, Vista del
Valle neighborhood has become a good place to live because of the facilities in
it. One reason this is a good place to live is the diversity of stores, which
means that it is not necessary to go to another place in order to go shopping.
For example, if you want to buy clothes, footwear, appliances, staple items,
foods, or medicines, there are some stores that sell them for you. There are
also beauty places either for women or men such as beauty salons and barber
shops. Another reason Vista del Valle neighborhood has become a good place to
live is the places of entertainment, which are there for people to spend a
pleasant and good time with friends or relatives. For instance, two billiard
club, three video games clubs, and a betting sport bank are places where people
spend time either playing pool, playing video games, or making bets on baseball
games. Finally, the most important reason is Ana Mercedes Casso School located
in this neighborhood and Professor Juan Bosch high school located no more than
10 minutes away from Vista del Valle by walk. These places provide education
for anyone to study without going too far.
In
contrast to the past conditions in Vista del Valle neighborhood, there are
great differences in the present ones. In the past, everything seemed to be in
chaos; however, in the present, everything is urban. The roads were impassable.
On the contrary, the present roads are paved and ready to be traveled by any
vehicle. Unlike in the present, there was a lack of water and electricity. In
the present, the neighborhood has both water and electricity. Differently from
the past, in the present there are many facilities and advantages. The
conditions in Vista del Valle neighborhood have been improving over the time.
In contrast to the past, the present conditions are far better for anyone to
live in this neighborhood.
To conclude, Vista del Valle
neighborhood is a good example of development and evolution since it has been
able to go through many changes and a great history. It should be noted that this neighborhood,
despite being one of the newest in Cotui, has achieved great development that
many neighborhoods so quickly have not.
Cotuí 2013
