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For the week of September 25, 2026, here’s what we’re reading:
- A note from our WTCSD Director: Japan trade mission reflections
- Google, San Diego Public Library partner to offer scholarships for career certificates
- ADARx Pharmaceuticals announces $446.3M IPO
- San Diego Padres’ landmark donation to Boys and Girls Clubs renames Clairemont location
- San Diego State University partners with Arizona, Utah universities for $5M NSF award to boost nationwide data protection
- Padres defeat Dodgers 4-2, secure spot in MLB playoffs
- SAN, Gensler new T1 earns National Award of Merit from Design-Build Institute of America
- Fate Therapeutics receives $15M California Institute for Regenerative Medicine grant for lupus trial
- Tempo Therapeutics secures $2.25M NIH grant to advance its complex wound-healing tech
- Escondido’s Mesa Agricola among best restaurants in America by the New York Times
From EDC:
From our partners:
- Sept. 30—Biocom
HR Conference for Life Science - Oct. 8—San Diego & Imperial Counties Community Colleges Regional Consortium
Apprenticeship Mixer: Connect. Collaborate. Build Your Workforce. - Oct. 16—Institute of the Americas
CaliBaja North American Leadership Academy cohort
WTCSD case study: NEET®SHEETS wins $9K in grants toward Latin America expansion
NEET®SHEETS is an ergonomic bed linen company servicing hospitality and healthcare workers. With support from World Trade Center San Diego, the woman- and BIPOC-owned small business secured $8,824 in total grants to support its expansion into Latin American and Caribbean markets. Through the MetroConnect export accelerator program, the company received $5,000 to identify priority markets and distributors, followed by a $3,824 STEP grant to develop English and Spanish marketing materials, a promotional video, and sample boxes for prospective distributors.
Read NEETSHEETS’s success story
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Enya Castañeda
Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications