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 5, 2020, here’s what we’re reading:
- 8+ Black-owned SD businesses you should know
- City of San Diego commits $1M to supporting local artists
- Encinitas startup raises $42M for small business e-commerce platform
- Connect w/ San Diego Venture Group names 60 tech and life sciences startups to 2020 ‘Cool Companies’ list
- Amid ongoing COVID-19 impacts, local restaurants fundraise for racial justice
- San Diego Women’s Foundation awards nearly $400,000 to eight local nonprofits benefitting refugees, asylees, and asylum seekers
- San Diego International Airport adopts new virus safety measures for passenger and worker health
…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:
- June 6 & 7 – Padres & Petco Park
Drive-in concerts, ‘Anchorman’ screenings to benefit Feeding San Diego - June 8 – Meta by Acai
Meta Mondays: Startup Community Virtual Networking - June 8-12 – BIO International Convention
BIO Digital - June 23 – Intuit Tech Stories & Tech Women @ Intuit
Open Source: The Future is Female
Black lives matter: our commitment to San Diego
In light of the pain that the US has been facing, we must do better as a region and as a nation. The current and historical racial realities, compounded with the impacts of COVID-19 disproportionately affecting lower-income San Diegans, means we must do everything in our power to make sure we get this post-pandemic recovery right.
If you are a Black entrepreneur or business owner in San Diego and we can help connect you to resources, programs, or other assistance, please contact us here.
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
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