With only five years to 2030, EDC released its annual Inclusive Growth Report to track progress toward the region’s goals, highlighting increases in quality jobs, post-secondary education completions, and median household incomes in communities of color while gaps in accessibility continue to challenge San Diego’s competitiveness. While much about the economy remains uncertain and inclusion is challenged […]
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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – March 28, 2025
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. GNOTW is sponsored by […]
San Diego’s Good News of the Week – March 21, 2025
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. GNOTW is sponsored by […]
Investor Spotlight: Breakthrough Properties
As a nonprofit, San Diego Regional EDC is supported by the investment of more than 150 public agencies, private organizations, companies, and developers like Breakthrough Properties. With these investments, EDC provides direct support, aligned with regional Inclusive Growth goals, to companies of all sizes to drive economic prosperity and global competitiveness across the binational mega-region. […]
San Diego’s Good News of the Week – March 14, 2025
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. GNOTW is sponsored by […]
Inclusive Growth Spotlight: Commute with Enterprise
To celebrate and inspire the efforts of regional employers, EDC’s Inclusive Growth blog series highlights San Diego companies helping to drive progress on the 2030 Inclusive Growth goals. Below we feature the nationally recognized commuter vanpool service operated by Commute with Enterprise. Launched in 2018 and informed by a partnership with the Brookings Institution, the […]
A note from Mark…
Celebrating 60 years & our honorees EDC investors, partners, and colleagues: Each year when we give out awards at our Annual Dinner, I think of the two people who inspired them—Duane Roth and Herb Klein. And while we now call them our “Life. Changing.” Awards in alignment with our regional branding and communications efforts, I am […]
San Diego’s Good News of the Week – March 7, 2025
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. GNOTW is sponsored by […]
Industry Insights: Soft skills emerging as competitive advantage in hiring
Key takeaways from Advancing San Diego’s Verified Program Workshop on soft skills In February 2025, 30 regional educators gathered for the latest installment of EDC’s Verified Program Workshop series. This quarter’s focus: embedding essential soft skills into higher education curricula. This workshop was designed to provide faculty at Verified Programs, education providers recognized for aligning […]
Monthly Report – March 2025
This year marks EDC’s 60th Anniversary. And while our Annual Dinner is always a big event that means a great deal to our team and the broader economic development community we work with and through, this year it feels like it means even more. This year’s award winners represent both the spirit of our work, […]