IMPORTANT: Permit fees will be waived for the first ~500 businesses to apply and are primarily for PUBLIC City Walkways/ Streets.
Do you know a small business that could use a special "We Care" package?
Thanks to the generous support of our partners at SDG&E, ABASD SBDC will be selecting a few businesses at random to receive a free "We Care" Package containing:
- GLOVES (50 PAIRS)
- MASKS (50 PAIRS)
- HAND SANITIZER (20 - 20Z PERSONAL)
- SDG&E BRANDED SOCIAL DISTANCING FLOOR SIGNS (5 PER PACKAGE)
- INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL ON COMPLIANCE, SAFETY, & BEST PRACTICES
SAN DIEGO (May 20, 2020) -- Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and the San Diego and Imperial Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, with funding by the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz), have partnered to prepare small business owners to navigate required for reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SAN DIEGO, CA (November 19, 2019) - Asian Business Association San Diego (ABASD) and locally-based impact investment firm Mission Driven Finance launch the region’s first Asian Pacific Islander (API) Impact Fund. The “AdvanceAPI Fund” will support economic security and advancement of San Diego’s API community through access to capital and workforce development for small businesses alongside Mission Driven Finance’s existing Advance strategy.
(October 28, 2019) - Through a renewed commitment of a $50,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, Asian Business Association San Diego (ABASD) has leveraged an additional $50,000 match from the US Small Business Administration, and an additional $100,000 match from the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Small Business Technical Assistance Expansion Program.
SAN DIEGO (October 10, 2019) - San Diego County’s three largest ethnic chambers of commerce have formally agreed upon a partnership memorandum of understanding (MOU), forming a Strategic Alliance. Together, all three organizations represent the interests of tens-of-thousands of local businesses.
