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EDC opens applications for small business support programs
Are you a growing, San Diego-based company? Are you looking to expand into foreign markets? Or, are you a defense contractor looking to diversify revenue? San Diego Regional EDC can help. Apply now to EDC’s business support programs – MetroConnect and/or the Defense Innovation Voucher Program – which offer $10K-$15K grants and programmatic services to […]
Jobs in San Diego – there’s a map for that.
In an effort to maximize the region’s global competitiveness via talent attraction, EDC launched the San Diego: Life. Changing. brand campaign last year. The campaign serves to raise San Diego’s profile by telling real stories of the people and companies that call San Diego home. By bringing light to San Diego’s robust innovation ecosystem and […]
Inclusive Growth steering committee gets to work
So far, 2018 has been a year of transition for EDC. Research performed through a partnership with the Brookings Institution led us to some startling findings about how inequality and affordability pose a threat to the San Diego region’s economic competitiveness. These findings helped to build a case for if and how an economic development […]
Red Door Interactive opens international operations close to home
After Thermo Fisher Scientific opened its software development center of excellence in September 2016, the technical capabilities of Tijuana’s workforce have caught the attention of numerous San Diego companies. One of those companies is Red Door Interactive (RDI), a San Diego-based digital marketing firm poised for rapid growth. Rather than growing its team in Indonesia, […]
WTC supports Lufthansa’s direct flight to Frankfurt
In March, the San Diego region officially welcomed Lufthansa’s new direct service to Frankfurt, Germany. As a key global partner to the San Diego region, Germany currently ranks fourth in terms of foreign employment (2015) and seventh in terms of total exports from San Diego (2013). To celebrate the new connection, WTC San Diego partnered […]
The Importance of Water Reliability to San Diego’s Economy
Summary Reliable water infrastructure is an investment to the regional economy. Clean, reliable water supplies provide numerous economic benefits to San Diego County. Direct investments in water infrastructure, such as the construction of pipelines, dams, or treatment plants, ripple throughout the entire economy by creating new jobs, expanding business opportunities, and fostering economic competitiveness. This […]
Report: Water Authority infrastructure investments generate $4.8 billion in economic impact in SD
In the past two decades, San Diego County Water Authority has invested more than $2.4 billion in five major water reliability projects. A new study released by EDC in partnership with the San Diego County Water Authority, quantifies the impact these investments have on our broader economy. These projects have generated $4.8 billion in total […]
Economic Pulse: Unemployment rate lowest since 2000
Each month the California Employment Development Department (EDD) releases industry data for the prior month. This edition of San Diego’s Economic Pulse covers May 2018 data, including unemployment, new business establishments, and job postings. Highlights include: The region’s unemployment rate was 2.9 percent in May, unchanged from April’s revised rate, and 0.8 percentage points lower […]
Your guide to work + life in San Diego
As part of the San Diego: Life. Changing. campaign, we’re always thinking of different ways to communicate San Diego’s story. And though it’s a mostly digital campaign, we know the value in prospective talent having something tangible to hold, touch, and keep at their desk to flip through whenever daydreaming of a better life. This […]