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 8, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:
- State launches $500M COVID Relief Grant Program
- Viasat inks deal with Delta to provide in-flight Internet
- ClickUp raises $100M, becomes San Diego’s latest unicorn
- WTC San Diego, Ahlers Center at University of San Diego launch Global Readiness program for small businesses
- EDC, Booz Allen Hamilton study details AI impact on San Diego economy
- Northrop Grumman completes first flight of Global Hawk Ground Station Modernization Program
- Thermo Fisher tech keeps Pfizer vaccines effective
- SANDAG awarded $9.29M for advancing connectivity project
- Hologic purchases San Diego’s Biotheranostics for $230M
…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:
- January 8–13 – South San Diego SBDC
COVID Relief Grant Live Q&A - January 14 – California GO-Biz
California Competes Tax Credit Webinar - January 28 – San Diego Regional EDC, SDG&E
Right Recovery Town Hall: Leveraging big buyers for small business
COVID-19 assistance for small businesses
From California’s COVID Relief Grant Program to PPP updates, EDC has outlined seven new and ongoing resources available to small businesses navigating the impacts of COVID-19. Reach out to EDC for assistance finding and applying to these programs, free of charge.
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