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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.

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For the week of July 9, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Startup Discover Echo acquired for $110M by Swedish unicorn
• UC San Diego, Scripps Research use AI to understand COVID-19 symptoms
• Housecall Pro, WD-40 partner to launch Trade Academy
• EDC case study: Funki Adventures secures relief funding amid COVID-19 lockdowns
• Export Finance: Three things your business should know
• Kilroy Realty Corporation’s One Paseo wins top award
• Red Door Interactive relocates to nearby Sherman Heights neighborhood
• NuVasive gets European approval for disruptive surgery support platform
• NeuraLace gets FDA clearance for chronic pain-relieving nerve stimulation device
• Apply now: Teaching Opportunities in Career Technical Education

…and here are the events we’re attending:

• July 13 – CMTC
  Virtual – Thinking Differently: How to Innovate & Gain the Full Value of Additive Manufacturing
• September 16-18 – Stone Brewing
  Stone 25th Anniversary Celebration

Advancing San Diego: Apply now to be a Preferred Provider of Healthcare Talent!

EDC is accepting applications for Preferred Providers of Healthcare Talent. Education and training providers graduating top-quality medical assistants in San Diego County are invited to apply. The Preferred Provider designation qualifies students for access to paid work experience opportunities, and qualifies program staff for direct access to industry leaders.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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.

Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up

For the week of July 2, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• New port of entry to open in Otay Mesa in 2024
• Sorrento Therapeutics, U.S. Navy to deploy COVID-19 tests and treatments
• Infinium Spirits relocates corporate headquarters to downtown San Diego
• Innovate78 – North County’s Higher Ed: Fueling the future
• Apply now: Startup San Diego’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program
• Trovata.io raises $20M to aggregate enterprise bank accounts with AI
• Local life sciences firms take advantage of nationwide IPO boom
• Element Biosciences raises $276M to develop DNA sequencing platform
• Vista and Ramona to host X Games events 
• Carlsbad and Solana beaches named among cleanest in the state 

…and here are the events we’re attending:

• July 13 – CMTC
  Virtual – Thinking Differently: How to Innovate & Gain the Full Value of Additive Manufacturing
• August 14-15, 2021 – San Diego Convention Center, American Kennel Club
  Meet the Breeds – Use promo code: WOOF 
• June 9, 2022 – San Diego Regional EDC
  Save the date: EDC’s Annual Dinner at Petco Park (registration to come)

Study: Cybersecurity cluster faces talent shortage amid productivity gains

Together with CCOE and Booz Allen Hamilton, EDC released the second study in a series—Securing the Future: AI and San Diego’s Cyber Cluster—which quantifies the economic impact of the region’s Cybersecurity cluster and explores the proliferation of AI and ML technologies being used to thwart cybercrimes, among other critical needs by the private sector and government.

Read the Full Report

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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.

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For the week of June 25, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Study: Cybersecurity cluster faces talent shortage amid productivity gains
• Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Illumina deliver diagnosis in record time
• Asian Business Association receives $150K from AT&T
• Meet the companies: Advancing San Diego manufacturing intern hosts
• Survey: San Diego’s Changing Business Landscape
• Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. acquires five Sorrento Mesa buildings
• Southwest Airlines adds nonstop service to Bozeman, MT, resumes nonstop flight to New Orleans
• After $113M raise, Flock Freight plans sprawling beach campus for Encinitas
• ClickUp expands into East Village office tower near Petco Park
• Reality Changers raises funds for college-bound youth through rappelling

…and here are the events we’re attending:

• June 30 – AmCham Shanghai 
  Virtual – The China International Import Expo
• July 13 – CMTC
  Virtual – Thinking Differently: How to Innovate & Gain the Full Value of Additive Manufacturing
• June 9, 2022 – San Diego Regional EDC
  Save the date: EDC’s Annual Dinner at Petco Park (registration to come)

We’re Hiring!

• Economic Development Coordinator
  EDC is hiring an Economic Development Coordinator to support its economic development priorities, with a focus on workforce development and Advancing San Diego. This person will provide program and project, marketing and communications, and general administrative support.
• Economic Development Manager—Life Sciences
  EDC is hiring an Economic Development Manager (Life Sciences) to lead a strategic economic development framework to enable business attraction, retention, and expansion in San Diego’s competitive life sciences industry. This person will provide company support and industry engagement, as well as have a minimum of five years experience in business, real estate, planning, life sciences facilities, or related field.

Apply Now, or help us spread the word!

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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.

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For the week of June 18, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• General Atomics ships world’s most powerful magnet
• Scripps Health opens Coastal Medical Center in San Marcos
• SAN to offer direct service to Canada
• Innovate78 – North County’s tourism industry: The road to recovery
• Padres commission Ground Floor Murals to adorn San Diego
• MiraCosta College completes San Elijo Campus administration building
• Bay Area-based TigerGraph to open innovation hub in San Diego
• San Diego’s JMI Equity invests in software to help firms bring products to market faster

…and here are the events we’re attending:

• June 22 – Visit Oceanside, City of Oceanside
  In-person – Oceanside Tourism Summit
• June 24 – EDC, CCOE, Booz Allen Hamilton
  Virtual – Securing the Future: AI and San Diego’s Cyber Industry

San Diego’s Data Bites: June 2021

Presented by Meyers Nave, this edition of San Diego’s Data Bites covers May 2021, with data on employment, housing, and more insights about the region’s economy. Key takeaways include a falling unemployment rate and mellowing housing prices.

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Survey: San Diego’s Changing Business Landscape

To identify evolving trends in local business needs and operations, ensuring their ability to grow and thrive in the region, EDC is surveying more than 200 companies in the region’s key industries on a rolling basis throughout 2021 to monitor and report shifts in their priorities and strategies. Insights will be shared bi-monthly in our Changing Business Landscape Series here.

Take the Survey

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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.

Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up

For the week of June 11, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Hologic receives $179M contract for COVID-19 tests
• Southwest Airlines begins nonstop flights to Norfolk
• PepsiCo opens warehouse, distribution center in Lakeside
• CSUSM electrical engineering program selected for Department of Energy competition
• Carlsbad recognized as a Smart City among global peers
• National Women’s Soccer League announces San Diego team
• Accel Robotics opens San Diego’s first fully automated, cashier-less store
• Encinitas-based Ecwid acquired for $500M by Lightspeed

…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:

• June 15 – WTC San Diego, USD Ahlers Center for International Business
  Global Readiness Workshop: Identifying Products and Services for Export
• June 17 – WTC San Diego
  Global Competitiveness Council – Q2 2021
• June 24 – EDC, CCOE, Booz Allen Hamilton
  Securing the Future: AI and San Diego’s Cyber Industry

EDC’s Monthly Report: June 2021

With and through nearly 200 investors, EDC works to maximize San Diego’s prosperity. From connecting companies to tax credits to taking small businesses online, here’s what EDC did in May 2021.

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Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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.

Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up

For the week of June 4, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Viasat to bring internet service to Nigeria
• WowYow attracts investors from GoFundMe, Launch Factory
• BAE Systems wins $165M U.S. Navy contract
• New park president of SeaWorld and Aquatica San Diego focused on recovery, hiring
• San Diego Zoo opens two new interactive habitats
• North County’s Stone Brewing adds new chefs to bolster world-inspired cuisine
• IQHQ, Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. developments reflect nationwide demand for life sciences space
• San Diego’s Mitek Systems acquires biometrics startup to combat fraud
• Oliver Space expands to San Diego, offers new options for home furnishings

…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:

• June 7 – WTC San Diego, SBDC Export Specialty Center
  EXIM Bank: Financing Your Global Expansion
• June 16 – West Health, Gallup
  Business Speaks: The Future of Employer-Sponsored Insurance
• June 17 – WTC San Diego
  Global Competitiveness Council – Q2 2021
• June 24 – EDC, CCOE, Booz Allen Hamilton
  Securing the Future: AI and San Diego’s Cyber Industry

San Diego’s Quarterly Economic Snapshot: Q1 2021

Every quarter, EDC analyzes key economic indicators that are important to understanding the regional economy through trends in employment, housing, and investment. This month: Home prices and VC are up, and office space is here to stay.

Read the Full Report

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

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 May 28, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Northrop Grumman secures $99M Navy contract
• TaylorMade Golf acquired by South Korean private equity firm
• Software startup CMX raises $50M in VC funding
• San Diego’s Economic Snapshot: Q1 2021
• Innovate78: Spotlight on AAPI-owned and led businesses in North County
• Young Professional Spotlight: Alyssa Snow, Link to San Diego alumna
• San Diego Workforce Partnership wins $310K grant for behavioral health training
• Orange County’s ClearPoint Neuro relocates to Solana Beach
• The Lab Collaborative brings full-service restaurant, test kitchen to Oceanside

…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:

• June 1 – WTC San Diego, SBDC Export Specialty Center
  SBA: Export Finance Tools for Global Expansion
• June 7 – WTC San Diego, SBDC Export Specialty Center
  EXIM Bank: Financing Your Global Expansion
• June 15 – SSA Insurance Services, Breakwater Strategic Insurance
  Business Insurance Trends and Predictions in 2021
• Open application – EDC, GoSite
  San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses

We’re hiring: Economic Development Manager (Life Sciences)

EDC is hiring an Economic Development Manager (Life Sciences) with five years of experience, knowledge of regional and state economies and industries, and preferred experience in the life sciences field.

This role will lead a strategic economic development framework to enable business attraction, retention, and expansion in San Diego’s life sciences industry.

Apply Now, or Help Us Spread the Word!

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Heather Dewis

Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications

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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 May 21, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• EDC, GoSite launch new San Diego Biz Hub to take small businesses online
• San Diego’s Changing Business Landscape: Turning the pandemic corner
• Petco, PetDx partner to offer canine cancer detection
• Cubic Corporation moves to Kearny Mesa headquarters
• Navy Old Town Campus Revitalization seeking public comments
• Gary and Mary West PACE reopens for senior care in San Marcos
• Carlsbad’s Chuao Chocolatier donates $11K to combat food insecurity
• NICE acquires San Diego-based MindTouch
• San Diego’s Hologic launches $20M healthcare equity campaign

…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:

• May 24 – Congressman Scott Peters, WTC San Diego
  World Trade Month Roundtable with Rep. Scott Peters, Dr. Nikia Clarke
• May 24 – 28 – Startup San Diego
  CONVERGENCE 2021 (use i7830 for 30 percent off)
• June 8 – July 29 – USD Ahlers Center for International Business
  Global Readiness Workshop Series

San Diego’s Data Bites: May 2021

Each month, EDC’s Research Bureau analyzes the California Employment Development Department’s employment data for the prior month. Presented by Meyers Nave, this month’s Data Bites cover April 2021, including unemployment fluctuations and continued gender inequity in the labor force.

Dig In

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Heather Dewis

Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications

Email

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 May 14, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• 12 San Diego companies named Inc. Best Workplaces of 2021
• Cue Health nets $235M to pivot back to a post-COVID world
• Southwest adds nonstop flights to Hawaii from San Diego
• EDC case study: Biocept sets sights on expansion, fueled by COVID-19 testing
• Three reasons to #LiveWorkPlay in North County San Diego
• SeaWorld to hire more than 700 as parks reopen
• San Diego Workforce Partnership wins $1.5M grant to boost cybersecurity careers
• Regional tech executives launch San Diego Squared to increase diversity in STEM
• Cross Border Xpress approved for major hotel and retail expansion
• 22-year-old SDSU grad raises $1.6M to invest in underrepresented entrepreneurs

…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:

• May 18 – SD Cyber Center of Excellence, City of Carlsbad
  Carlsbad Small Business Cybersecurity Awareness Webinar
• May 22 – National Security Innovation Network
  AI for Command Challenge
• May 24 – 28 – Startup San Diego
  CONVERGENCE 2021 (use i7830 for 30 percent off)
• June 8 – July 29 – USD Ahlers Center for International Business
  Global Readiness Workshop Series

EDC’s Monthly Report: April 2021

With and through nearly 200 investors, EDC works to maximize San Diego’s prosperity. From supporting company expansion to connecting San Diego students to local career opportunities, here’s what EDC did in April 2021.

Read More

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Heather Dewis

Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications

Email

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 May 7, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego startups pull in near-record $2.4B in VC in Q1
• Biocept offers COVID-19 testing to community colleges
• Tourism recovery key to rebuilding a resilient economy
• EDC’s Katelyn McCauley named AUVSI XCELLENCE Award finalist
• Biocom, Tourism Authority: Life sciences will be key to rebuilding downtown
• SeaWorld names official CEO amid signs of recovery
• Illumina donates $60M in genetic sequencing to increase new pathogen tracking
• Asian Business Association, San Diego Business Journal partner to promote Asian American and Pacific Islander businesses
• Classy helps nonprofits raise $3B
• San Diego’s Seqster raises $12M for patient-centric healthcare data tech

…and here are the events we’re (virtually) attending:

• May 18 – SD Cyber Center of Excellence, City of Carlsbad
  Carlsbad Small Business Cybersecurity Awareness Webinar
• June 8 – July 29 – USD Ahlers Center for International Business
  Global Readiness Workshop Series
• June 15 – 17 – Encinitas Chamber of Commerce
  San Diego Business Week 2021

We’re hiring: Investor Relations and Marketing Communications Manager

EDC is hiring an Investor Relations and Marketing Communications Manager with three years of experience, strong writing and communications skills, knowledge of Salesforce and marketing tools, and love of all things San Diego.

This role will facilitate investor engagement in EDC programs and initiatives through strategic outreach, communications, and events.

Apply by May 10, or Help Us Spread the Word!

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Heather Dewis

Sr. Manager, Marketing Communications

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