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 July 10, 2020, here’s what we’re reading:
- Workplace collaboration software startup ClickUp raises $35 million
- San Diego to commission local artists for ‘thought-provoking’ parks project
- Cook Casa wins Connect All competition, connects unemployed chefs to in-home bookings
- Strong Water Authority credit saves $67.4 million for ratepayers
- World Trade Center San Diego helps 15 companies target overseas opportunities
- Suburban Carlsbad gets growing share of San Diego’s big biotech footprint
- Flux Power closes initial round of private placement, converts $7.8 million of debt to equity
…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:
- July 22 – San Diego & Imperial SBDC Network
Beyond the Contract: Practical Approaches to Commercial Lease Renegotiation
Economy in crisis: Another round of uncertainty
The U.S. job market took another big step forward in June, adding a better than expected 4.8 million payroll jobs. While, in June, San Diego may have recovered as many as 45,000 of the jobs lost to COVID-19, persistently high continuing UI claims in California, fresh business closures, and a shift in unemployment from temporary to permanent significantly cloud the near-term outlook.
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
Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications