Every Friday, ‘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 June 19, 2020, here’s what we’re reading:
- Qualcomm launches program to help small businesses adapt to remote work
- Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce launches grant fund for Black-owned businesses
- SDG&E launches giving campaign with COVID-19, RISE donations
- MetroConnect names 15 local companies to international sales accelerator program
- San Diego Pride to distribute $30,000 in grocery gift cards to LGBTQ workers
- San Diego Zoo prepares to reopen with social distancing measures
- San Diego’s Economic Pulse: Regional employment begins to return
…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:
- June 23 – San Diego: Life. Changing. & Illumina
San Diego Science & the Global Pandemic: Genomics - June 24 – Oceans Caucus Foundation
Impacts of COVID-19 on Zoological Operations, Conservation, Rescue and Research - June 25 – San Diego Tourism Authority
Current Status of Air Travel
World Trade Center San Diego: MetroConnect announces fifth cohort
15 companies have been selected to participate in MetroConnect V, the fifth iteration of WTC San Diego’s international sales accelerator program, underwritten by Procopio and JPMorgan Chase & Co. From community-owned health and genomic data platform LunaPBC to California’s very first employee-owned brewery Modern Times, the MetroConnect V companies represent a diverse cross section of San Diego’s innovation economy. Read more.
COVID-19 & San Diego:
Amidst everything happening in the world, we need a reminder that there’s plenty of ‘Good News’ to go around in SD. 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
- Get detailed guides to reopening your small business here
- Apply for disaster loan assistance
- Access San Diego Workforce Partnership’s updates for businesses
- Pivot operations to produce PPEs, sanitizer, & more
- Find additional guidance from the CDC
- Find discounted marketing packages for small businesses with Voice of San Diego
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
- Support South Bay Community Services’ food distribution efforts
- Find additional guidance from the CDC
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Heather Dewis
Manager, Marketing