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For the week of March 21, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:
- Scripps Health to build $1.2B medical center in San Marcos
- General Atomics, UC San Diego launch Fusion Data Science and Digital Engineering Center
- SeaWorld San Diego opens jellyfish aquarium
- UC San Diego, SDSU men’s and women’s teams compete in NCAA March Madness
- La Jolla’s Cybereason raises $120M for cyber attack protection
- French medtech company Germitec locates North America HQ in San Diego
- Circular Genomics relocates HQ to San Diego from Albuquerque
- San Diego radar tech startup Sensoride acquired by Japan-based Murata Manufacturing Co.
- Belmont Park celebrates 100 years with new thrill ride
- San Diego to get its own Monopoly game, with landmark suggestions welcome
…and here are some events and opportunities:
- Mar. 27—World Trade Center San Diego, SBDC
Export SBDC Webinar: Export 101 - May 15—EDC
Celebrate 60 years at our 2025 Annual Dinner - Apply by June 30—WTCSD
MetroConnect VIII Export Accelerator
From our partners:
- Mar. 22—San Diego Wave FC
2025 Home Opener—use discount code: EDC25 - Mar. 27—JPMorgan Chase & Co., County of San Diego
Local Supplier Innovation Summit - Apr. 3—City of Carlsbad
Program Launch: SizeUpCarlsbad - Apr. 17—City of San Diego
Foreign Trade Zones Workshop
Investor Spotlight: Breakthrough Properties
EDC’s impact is made possible with and through the investment of more than 150 public agencies, private organizations, companies, and developers. We sat down with EDC investor Breakthrough Properties to learn more about the developer’s work to help grow San Diego’s globally-renowned Life Sciences ecosystem—and why it invests in EDC.
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Enya Castañeda
Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications