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 April 10, 2020, here’s a look at what we’re reading:
- Scripps Health launches five-minute COVID-19 test
- San Diego’s Brain Corp. helps deep clean essential businesses
- CSU San Marcos professor receives $3M to continue work increasing diversity in sciences
- ‘Still Hiring’ list connects local job seekers to new opportunities
- Bumble Bee Seafood donates $1M worth of products to Feeding America
- Oceanside-based Linksoul raises more than $90,000 for COVID-19 relief
- Ocean Aero secures multi-million federal order for autonomous swimming vehicles
…and here are the events we’re attending:
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
- Fill out our Business Impact Survey
- 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 PPEs, sanitizer, & more
- Find additional guidance from the CDC
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
COVID-19 Survey Results: Impacts are vast, amidst signs of resiliency
This is the latest of our assessments about the evolving economic impact of COVID-19 on San Diego. This week’s key takeaways: impacts are vast, but small businesses are embracing remote work and firms are still hiring. Read more.
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Heather Dewis
Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications