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Monthly Report – March 2026

By Enya Castañeda,

The global economy is being rewired in real time. Trade relationships are being reassessed. Supply chains are shifting. Capital is flowing more selectively. Here at home, the innovation drivers powering San Diego’s growth for more than a decade are beginning to show signs of strain.

Time and again, we hear from businesses like yours that uncertainty—more than any single policy—is the primary concern of 2026.

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By the numbers

  • 1.4% increase in employment in Q4 2025
  • 47% decrease in Life Sciences VC funding in 2025
  • $31B in economic impact is tied to Life Sciences in 2025
  • 2.3% decline in jobs leading in the in the innovation industry in Q4 20205

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New and renewing investors

  • California Schools VEBA
  • COX
  • Endeavor Bank
  • Gafcon
  • General Atomics
  • H.G. Fenton Company
  • MedWest Realty
  • SAIC
  • Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
  • YMCA of San Diego County

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Monthly Report – February 2026

By Enya Castañeda,

More San Diego students are completing degrees and credentials than ever before and jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher continue to grow at a significantly faster rate than those requiring less education. Still, early-career talent face mounting challenges…

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By the numbers

  • 375 new local jobs by MetroConnect companies since 2015
  • 28 new international offices by MetroConnnect Companies since 2015
  • 210 subsidized interns placed in 2025
  • 110 companies hosted interns in 2025

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New and renewing investors

  • Accenture
  • Alaska Airlines
  • Apple
  • Deloitte
  • EY
  • Sharp
  • Top Notch Finders

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Monthly Report – January 2026

By Enya Castañeda,

As another year begins, I sit with my crystal ball once again to see what we can glean from the data we’ve received this past year and what implications it may have for our region’s economic growth.

The past year told a complex story driven by uncertainty, and in 2026, San Diego stands at an inflection point—one where technological transformation collides with traditional economic challenges in ways we haven’t seen before.

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EDC’s impact in 2025

  • 149 companies supported
  • $5.1B FDI supported by WTCSD in 2025
  • 14 research products supported and published
  • $1.38M intern payroll covered via ASD

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New and renewing investors

  • Carrier Johnson + Culture
  • City of Chula Vista
  • ClayCo
  • Cubic Corporation
  • Grifols
  • MAAC
  • Meyers Nave
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Sea World San Diego
  • Townshend Venture Advisors
  • San Diego WAVE FC
  • Torrey Pines Bank, a branch of Wester Alliance Bank

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Monthly Report – December 2025

By Liz Muthoni,

As we head into 2026, there are many important and valuable causes, initiatives, and organizations within our region that are in need—among them youth employment and internship programs. EDC’s Advancing San Diego program has funded paid work-based learning experiences for more than 800 students to date and is in need of support for its next cohort—whether contributing financially or hosting an intern.

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By the numbers

  • 95K Local jobs supported by binational trade
  • 97% Of San Diego and Imperial exports go to Mexico
  • $4.3B Regional economic impact of cyber S\sector
  • 29K+ Jobs supported by cyber sector

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New and renewing investors

  • Cajon Valley Union School District
  • Dexcom
  • Meyers Nave
  • Prebys Foundation
  • Viasat

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Monthly Report – November 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

A note from Mark: Our collective power in a time of need

As we all know and understand, the shutdown of our federal government and additional challenges coming from Washington, D.C. are creating undue stresses, strains, and hardship for families, workers, and businesses across our region—at a time when nearly half of all local households are already struggling.
I could not feel more pride and gratitude for our EDC investors and partners who have been organizing efforts to help those in need: Through visible philanthropic collaboration and alignment, leading food distribution efforts, connecting San Diegans to critical resources, and many, many more that are a constant resource to families. Collectively, you have the power to move mountains.

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By the Numbers

  • $125B potential statewide fusion industry economic impact
  • $2.2B public & private fusion funding since 2021
  • 57 inaugural business impact awards honorees
  • 8.2K+ employed by honorees

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New and renewing investors

  • Ace Parking
  • Alexandria Real Estate Equities
  • Austal USA
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Cross Border Xpress
  • Curebound
  • GKN Aerospace
  • HomeFed Corporation
  • Layton Construction
  • The Learning Moment
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • National University
  • Neology
  • Quarles
  • Resmed
  • San Diego WAVE FC
  • US Bank
  • WD40

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Monthly Report – October 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

Investing in San Diego: Nikia’s reflections on our 2025 trade mission to France

Wheels up after another successful trade mission—our eighth since relaunching World Trade Center San Diego as a public-private partnership focused on creating jobs at home by building opportunities abroad. In late September 2025, a cross-sector coalition of more than 30 San Diego business, academic, and civic leaders traveled to France, led by Representative Scott Peters and Mayor Todd Gloria.

The timing could not have been more critical. Markets are volatile, supply chains are shifting, and global policy is in flux. Yet, beneath this uncertainty lies opportunity: The chance to forge partnerships that create stability, unlock investment, and drive job growth. As Representative Peters reminded us during the trip, France is one of America’s oldest allies—and these strong subnational ties matter more than ever when federal commitments to science, energy transition, and global collaboration are under pressure…

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France by the numbers

  • 36 delegates on WTCSD’s 2025 Trade Mission
  • 15+ meetings over five days
  • $5.6B invested into San Diego by France since 2014
  • 50+ French companies engaged across events

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New and renewing investors

  • ASML
  • Buchalter
  • City of Escondido
  • Enterprise Bank & Trust
  • Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  • Manpower
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • Port of San Diego
  • Quarles
  • Red Door Interactive
  • San Diego Foundation
  • San Diego Seals
  • San Diego Workforce Partnership
  • SANDAG
  • Taylor Guitars
  • Taylor Made Golf

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Monthly Report – September 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

A note from Mark

It’s that time of year again. More than 200,000 students have just made their way back to campuses, classrooms, dorm rooms, and lecture halls across our region. All ages and backgrounds. Residents and commuters. Adult learners and recent high school graduates. Hopeful. Motivated. Excited. All the things a region could and should hope for as it looks to grow and sustain a world-class economy and a world-class workforce.

To know and understand anything about the history of San Diego and our economy is to know and understand the value, strength, and importance of higher education. The critical role that our universities, community colleges, and learning communities have played over the last several decades cannot be overstated. As an economic development community, we must never forget what an important role they have played in growing and diversifying our region. Yet as classes begin this year, unprecedented challenges continue to mount for San Diego and for our nation’s higher education institutions….

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By the numbers

  • 34% Decrease in VC funding in Q2
  • 4.9% Unemployment rate in San Diego in Q2

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New and renewing investors

  • Arup
  • Burnham Center for Community Advancement
  • Burger Construction
  • Carrier Johnson + Culture
  • City of Vista
  • Commute by Enterprise
  • DPR Construction
  • Founders First Capital Partners
  • General Atomics
  • General Dynamics
  • Gensler
  • Kilroy Realty Corporation
  • NOVO Brazing Brewing Company
  • UC San Diego

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Monthly Report – August 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

A note from Mark

From the Pride Parade and Comic-Con International, to Curebound’s Cancer Challenge and more, no matter what may be happening in the world around us, it once again feels like a very special summer in San Diego.

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By the numbers

  • 250+ attendees at Summer Bash
  • $285M annual economic impact by Midway Rising estimated by EDC
  • 55% Increase in international sales by Epitope with WTCSD support

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New and renewing investors

  • BAE Systems
  • Banc of California
  • BCG
  • CSU San Marcos
  • City of Carlsbad
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • LOWE
  • Qualcomm
  • SDG&E
  • San Diego State University
  • San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
  • Stockdale Capital Partners

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Monthly Report – July 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

A note from Eduardo

At the top of each year, we try to look ahead to which trends are most worth tracking for the potential impact each can have on our local economy. We began 2025 watching AI and affordability, as well as whether massive investments from both corporations and the federal government would translate into job growth.

We also began 2025 flagging that there would be many wild cards in the year ahead that could knock us off course. As we enter the second half of the year, we want to pause to take stock of what has been a very tumultuous six months, with both immediate impacts and long-term implications…

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By the numbers

  • 9 free business services provided by EDC
  • 150+ organizations invest in EDC
  • 8 local step grant awardees supported by WTCSD in 2024
  • $42,726  in STEP grants awarded in 2024

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New and renewing investors

  • Carrier Johnson + Culture
  • Curebound
  • Evans Hotels
  • Illumina
  • Intesa
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • MAAC
  • Silver Creek Modular
  • SDICCA
  • San Diego Padres

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Monthly Report – June 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

EDC welcomes Padres’ Tom Seidler as board chair

San Diego Regional EDC celebrated its Annual Dinner and 60th anniversary with a passing of the gavel to Tom Seidler, Executive Vice President, Community & International Impact of the San Diego Padres, from outgoing Board Chair Jennie Brooks.

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By the numbers

  • 900+ attendees at EDC’s Annual Dinner
  • 60 years of EDC strengthening San Diego’s economy
  • 150+ voting audience at MetroConnect VII Pitchfest
  • $25K awarded to Pitchfest winner Aquacycl

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New and renewing investors

  • Aya Healthcare
  • Bank of America
  • Burnham Center for Community Advancement
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Cultura
  • Deloitte
  • Neighborhood House Association
  • Marsh Mclennan
  • San Diego Community Power
  • San Diego County Water Authority

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