Nordson to Award Scholarships

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SDNEDC-Investor Nordson Corporation is strongly committed to helping grow the STEM workforce. 

Nordson BUILDS is the company's scholarship program, providing assistance to post-secondary students pursuing STEM or manufacturing careers.

The deadline to apply for 2022-2023 is May 15th.  For more information follow the link below and pass onto any students you think might be interested.  You can also watch a short YouTube here.
 

Encinitas Continues Street Dining

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The Encinitas City Council unanimously approved an extension in the City’s outdoor dining ordinance through at least 2024. Encinitas and other North County cities worked during the pandemic to share best practices and information and the results in respect to outdoor dining were impressive. 

SDNEDC strongly believes this program and others enhance overall our quality of life and are excited to see outdoor dining continue until 2024. To learn more, click the link below. 

Drought Causes Limitations on Inland Water Customers

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The Vallecitos Water district is moving forward with water conservation measures in response to one of the driest winters on record. San Diego is in far better shape than the rest of the state due to past diversification efforts. However, residents and businesses need to cut back as water deliveries are reduced from the state. 

To learn more about the restrictions click the link below.

Encinitas Residents Join 100% Renewable Energy Plan

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The move toward Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) plants has provided residents the opportunity to ask for the power that they receive to come from 100% renewables sources. Recently the City of Encinitas through its CCA introduced the opportunity for residents to purchase power that is 100% renewable at a slight premium over other options.

To learn more see the Coast News article linked below

San Marcos Unified Opens Future District Center

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One of the most innovative and active non-profits in the workforce development ara in all of North County is the San Marcos Promise. Recently, the Promise opened up its first Future Center, a cutting-edge career awareness and learning center to help high school students explore and understand career options.

To learn more click the article below. If interested in SDNEDC’s efforts on this front visit the SOCAL website at www.socalworkforce.org.

Vista's New Economic Development Director Sees Inspiration Downtown

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Larry Vaupel, the city of Vista's new director of economic development, has already found inspiration in the downtown. Vista is excited to bring more economic development into the city, as well as, support existing businesses to prosper in the area. Vaupel expresses his excitement for changes in reducing food/plastic waste and bringing businesses that will support community gatherings in the downtown. 

To learn more about the new ideas coming to Vista, check out the link below. 

Event and Marketing Coordinator
(Part Time with possible future expansion to full time)

Job Description:
We're looking for an extremely organized and creative individual to join the SDNEDC team as a Marketing and Events Coordinator. This role will be the lead marketing professional for the Council. An ideal applicant will leverage a broad understanding of marketing to promote both San Diego’s North County and the SDNEDC through a variety of both online and off-line marketing channels. This is currently a hands-on role, requiring individuals to be a strategic and creative thinker, as well as a day-to-day implementer. This role has high visibility in the community, providing an exceptional leadership opportunity for a marketing professional looking to make his or her mark on North County.
Currently the role is 24 hours a week, to be split as mutually agreed upon. There is some possibility in the future that the role will expand to full time but no earlier than July 2022.

To check out the full description, check out the link below!
 

CSUSM Senior Experience Trade Show 
May 19th, 2022
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: CSUSM, Kellogg Plaza & University Student Union

The CSUSM Business Networking Reception & Senior Experience Trade Show is BACK IN PERSON! 

Network with 200+ Business Community Members and Expert Business Faculty! Check out 60+ business student projects completed for local organizations and gather new ideas from student teams on how to improve/grow your business! (*ALL attendees eligible for FREE Fall 2022 Senior Experience Project Drawing!) Invite a colleague or friend to join you for this FREE networking event!

For more information, check out the link below! 

Lunch and Learn Series: 
May 25th, 2022
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Escondido Farm

More than 3 million people live in San Diego. Despite the urbanization of many areas in the county, over 5,000 farmers cultivate the land and make a living on 250,000 acres. Due to high costs of water and land throughout the region local farms have become specialized in combining agricultural activity and efficiency. In terms of average dollar value per acre, San Diego far surpasses other California counties’ agricultural production.

Join us for a farm to table lunch as we discuss the local agriculture industry with a panel from varied backgrounds. Each panelists represents specific business challenges, experiences, and outlooks on the future of San Diego agriculture.
 

Moderator:
Hannah Gbeh, San Diego Farmers Bureau
 

Panelists:
Pierre Sleiman, Go Green
Deanna Smith, Deanna’s Gluten Free
Ray Schnorr, San Diego County Vintners Association


Check out the link below to register! 

Carlsbad Chamber event: Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce 2022 CBAD Awards (Carlsbad Business, Achievement and Distinction Awards)

Friday, May 20, 2022 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM PST
Westin Carlsbad Resort & Spa 
5480 Grand Pacific Dr. 
Carlsbad, CA 92008

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The Carlsbad Business, Achievement and Distinction Awards (CBAD's) are right around the corner! Our theme for this year is "Elevate". We all know some businesses and individuals that stood out in 2022 and now it is time to celebrate them! We will also have a special keynote by Doug Bryant, President and CEO of Quidel.

Make sure you register with the link provided below! 

Opportunities for Corporate Involvement: SDNEDC and Partners Launch Student Opportunities for Career Awareness and Learning

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One of the biggest challenges holding back North County’s economy is the difficulty many companies face finding and recruiting talent. With unemployment in the region standing at 4.6% and with even more pronounced shortages in fields that require technical proficiencies, it is among the most important issues that SDNEDC will be addressing in 2022.

Part of that effort will center around SOCAL (Student Opportunities for Career Awareness and Learning), a collaborative project between Tri-City Medical Center, SDNEDC, and three North County Chambers (Vista, Oceanside, Carlsbad). The goal of SOCAL is to raise awareness among young adults about different careers they might not know about and provide some of the resources and educational pathways that can help them pursue the opportunities. 

The first phase is a searchable website with short video interviews from a variety of workers. We encourage you to take some time and explore the site and watch some of the videos.

Should your company be interested in participating as we build out the library, please contact Erik at ebruvold@sdnedc.org. We have attractive sponsorship packages that will produce three videos of different team members and then elevate the visibility of various job postings and opportunities at your firm. The goal of SOCAL is to have 100 different North County workers highlighted by the end of the year.