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 January 15, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:
- Taylor Guitars transfers ownership to employees
- Japan Airlines to resume nonstop flights to Tokyo
- Petco returns to public ownership
- Apply by January 25: California Competes Tax Credit
- Economy in crisis: Structural challenges will persist after economy recovers
- Sony Electronics highlights new tech, ongoing social justice efforts at CES
- Share your thoughts: Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District adds $1.1B to San Diego economy
- Carlsbad’s Alphatec raises $30M in equity offering
- Helix Laboratory Platform granted first and only FDA authorization for whole exome sequencing platform
…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:
- January 26 – San Diego Business Journal
Economic Trends 2021 - January 26 – UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization
Making SBIRs Work for You - January 28 – San Diego Regional EDC, SDG&E
Right Recovery Town Hall: Leveraging big buyers for small business
Innovation companies: Share your insights
EDC is surveying San Diego’s tech and life sciences companies to better understand regional talent needs and help inform our San Diego: Life. Changing. campaign into 2021 and beyond. Kindly take a few minutes to share your thoughts and help us strengthen San Diego’s talent pipeline.
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
- Access San Diego Workforce Partnership’s updates for businesses
- Pivot operations to produce PPE, sanitizer, & more
- Find additional guidance from the CDC
- Apply for San Diego County’s Small Business Stimulus Program
- Employers with more than 100 employees: enroll in CalSavers by September 30, 2020.
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
Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications