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For the week of January 21, 2022, here’s what we’re reading:
- Alexandria Real Estate purchases $125M UTC-adjacent center for Life Sciences campus
- UC San Diego receives $14M to drive precision nutrition
- ONI raises $75M for microscopes for targeted therapies
- San Diego: Life. Changing: Thinking of relocating to San Diego? Here’s what you should consider
- SDSU receives record 99K undergrad and transfer applications
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance to reintroduce black rhino to Kenya
- Callaway, Port of San Diego tee up new Topgolf location
- Codex DNA releases synthetic COVID-19 genome for Omicron variant
…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:
- Apply by January 24 – GO-Biz
California Competes Tax Credit - January 27 – San Diego Business Journal with EDC’s Mark Cafferty
Economic Trends 2022 - February 10 – WTCSD
MetroConnect VI Launch and Global Services Expo - Apply now – Connect San Diego
Cool Companies Program
San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses
GoSite and EDC are still accepting applications for the San Diego Business Hub, which offers small, service-based businesses the full suite of GoSite products at no cost. SDbizhub.com is seeking applications from minority-, women-, veteran- and other historically economically under-resourced small business owners throughout San Diego County.
Additional resources:
- Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
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Candela Delucchi
Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing