Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.
For the week of February 26, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:
- Study: North County’s manufacturing industry poised for recovery, growth
- Truvian Sciences raises $105M to bring common wellness blood tests closer to home
- Southwest Airlines celebrates 50th anniversary with Acts of Kindness pledge
- San Diego’s Economic Snapshot: Q4 2020 (with a new spin)
- Education institutions: Apply to be designated a Preferred Provider of manufacturing talent by March 9
- Black History Month: Elevating San Diego’s Black businesses and innovators
- Sony launches KOOV Academy to teach STEAM
- COPAN Diagnostics ships millions of COVID sample collection kits from Carlsbad with Apple’s help
- iTjuana opens Internet of Medical Things engineering facility in Tijuana
- Startups: Apply by Monday for Connect’s Cool Companies capital program
- NuVasive buys Simplify Medical for $150M to expand cervical spine portfolio
…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:
- March 9 – CMTC
10 Steps to Preparing Your Manufacturing Business for a Sale - March 25 – Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
25th Annual Real Estate Conference Virtual Edition
Advancing San Diego Company Spotlight: ALD Technical Solutions
Through Advancing San Diego, EDC provides San Diego-based small businesses with paid interns in high-demand fields. We sat down with Dr. Davoud Zamani, Technical Director at ALD Technical Solutions, to learn about the company’s experience hosting engineering interns. Read More
San Diego business resources:
Amidst everything happening in the world, we need a reminder that there’s plenty of ‘Good News’ to go around in San Diego. We have also compiled additional resources for businesses and individuals seeking additional guidance.
For businesses:
- Find information at EDC’s COVID-19 page
- Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page
- Apply for disaster loan assistance
- Pivot operations to produce PPE, sanitizer, & more
- Find additional guidance from the CDC
For individuals:
- See which San Diego companies are still hiring
- Access San Diego Workforce Partnership’s updates for individuals
- Donate to the COVID-19 Community Response Fund
- Find additional guidance from the CDC
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Heather Dewis
Manager, Marketing