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For the week of December 13, 2024, here’s what we’re reading:
- Balboa Park Botanical Building opens after $26.5M restoration
- SAN, Porter Airlines begin new nonstop flight to Toronto
- Viasat secures $568M DOD contract extension
- Inclusive Growth Spotlight: Booz Allen Hamilton
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Rady School of Management business accelerators set to secure $13.5M from NOAA, Department of Commerce
- San Diego Foundation, Red Door Interactive, more ranked among San Diego Union Tribune’s 2024 top small companies to work for
- Sempra, Qualcomm, Illumina, ResMed, Dexcom, more ranked among Newsweek’s Most Responsible Companies
- Southwestern College unveils $42.3M botanical garden. new classrooms
- Neos Partners closes second fund at $1.37B for energy, critical infrastructure investments
- San Diego shines in Bloomberg’s Best Places to Travel in 2025 guide
…and here are some events and opportunities:
From our partners:
- Apply by Dec. 15— University of San Diego, Knauss School of Business
Si Exporto - Dec. 18—Port of San Diego
How to Do Business with the Port Workshop #3: Meet the Project Managers - Open Jan. 6—Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
California Competes Tax Credit - Jan. 30—Snell & Wilmer
2025 State of the City Webinar ft. EDC CEO Mark Cafferty
Host summer interns at no cost
EDC’s flagship talent program Advancing San Diego successfully placed more than 350 interns in fully funded programs in 2024. As we head into the new year, companies in San Diego and Imperial Counties are again invited to apply to host paid summer interns in computing, engineering, and/or business roles in 2025—at no cost. This program is led in partnership with the Border Region Talent Pipeline K-16 Collaborative.
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Enya Castañeda
Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications