Monthly Report – February 2024

After another year filled with uncertainty and the seemingly ever long tail of pandemic-related disruptions, we enter 2024 with a whole host of questions—some new, some recurring.

What lies ahead is both a familiar challenge and a new opportunity for inclusive growth and our region is ready to get to work.

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By the numbers

  • $950M Clean tech federal funding received (2023)
  • 23.4K New San Diego jobs created (2023)
  • 10M+ Sq. ft. vacant office space in San Diego (2023)
  • 5.2K+ Unique job posting listing AI skills (2023)

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • Alexandria Real Estate Equities
  • BD
  • Junior Achievement
  • Lankford & Associates
  • San Diego State University
  • Grifols

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Monthly Report – January 2024

Each month, more than 60 EDC board members from across San Diego’s industries committed to the future of the region have created space to connect, collaborate, partner, and assess our progress toward these goals.

Reflecting on our past year, it’s clear that we must continue to work together, in our different ways, to ensure a resilient and competitive San Diego for employers and residents alike.

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By the numbers

  • 19,490 total jobs supported BY EDC IN 2023
  • 117 companies supported by EDC in 2023
  • 22 SMEs expand exports with WTCSD support in 2023
  • 150+ EDC investors

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • CBX Cross Border Terminal
  • City of Oceanside
  • ITJ
  • Junior Achievement
  • Longfellow Real Estate Partners
  • Momentus Capital
  • Sanford Burnham Prebys Institute for Medical Discovery
  • San Diego Workforce Partnership

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Monthly Report – December 2023

Smart economic development is inclusive economic development. That’s why for more than six years, EDC’s programs and priorities have been rooted in growing the region’s quality jobs, skilled talent, and thriving households critical to San Diego’s competitiveness. Scroll below to see the work in our monthly report, or check out the whole year at:

EDC’s YEAR IN REVIEW → 

By the numbers

  • 150+ Attendees at Reaching Tomorrow’s Talent event
  • 30 Newly Verified Programs announced
  • 31k Students from Verified Programs
  • 16 Different institutions host programs

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • Ace Parking
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Cajon Valley School District
  • Cubic Corp
  • Federal Reserve
  • Gafcon
  • Insulet
  • Junior Achievement
  • Layton Construction
  • Meyers Nave
  • Port of San Diego
  • Taylormade Golf
  • WD40

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Monthly Report – November 2023

It has been six years since World Trade Center San Diego—which EDC operates on behalf of the Port, the Airport, and the City of San Diego—ran its very first trade mission. Since then, we have taken annual targeted, cross-sector delegations to Canada, the UK, Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands as led by San Diego Mayors and Members of Congress.

This year’s destination: Korea—a complementary partner for an innovation incubator like San Diego.

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By the numbers

  • 4 Days in Korea for Trade Mission
  • 35+ San Diego leaders join delegation in Korea
  • $4B Economic Impact of Cybersecurity Cluster
  • 1K+ Cyber firms in San Diego

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • ASML
  • BCG
  • Carrier Johnson
  • City of Chula Vista
  • Curebound
  • Dexcom
  • Founders First Capital
  • HomeFed
  • Lankford & Associates
  • MAAC
  • Manpower
  • Northrop Grumman
  • OPR Communications
  • PCL Construction
  • Stockdale Capital Partners
  • Taylor Guitars
  • Top Notch Finders
  • Viasat

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Monthly Report – October 2023

Our core values at EDC have long been integrity, accountability, collaboration, and inclusion. These principles guide all that we do and are woven into the work of every team.

One of our most important teams at EDC is Research—and everything we do starts with research.

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By the numbers

  • $6B Economic impact of RNA cluster
  • 11K Jobs from RNA cluster
  • 17.9% Increase avg. annual wage from 2011 to 2021
  • 41K New business formations in 2021

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • Bristol Meyers Squibb
  • Chevron
  • Clay Company
  • Colliers International
  • Deloitte
  • Junior Achievement
  • National University
  • Red Door Interactive
  • San Diego Foundation
  • SeaWorld
  • Takeda
  • The Conrad Prebys Foundation
  • The Learning Moment
  • Townshend Venture Advisors
  • USS Midway Museum

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Monthly Report – September 2023

From a leadership trip to Seattle to hosting the annual Summer Bash, see below for EDC’s month in review made possible with and through our investors and partners.

By the numbers

  • 400 San Diegans attend EDC’s Summer Bash
  • 30 San Diego delegates visit Seattle
  • 75K Monthly job postings in San Diego
  • 84% New jobs created by 2030 will require post-secondary education

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • ArkusNexus
  • Breakthrough Properties
  • Commute by Enterprise
  • City of Vista
  • DPR Construction
  • Gensler
  • Junior Achievement
  • Novo
  • Pacific Western Bank
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • Qualcomm
  • ResMed
  • San Diego Wave FC
  • Southwest Airlines
  • The Miller Hull Partnership
  • UC San Diego
  • US Bank
  • University of San Diego

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Monthly Report – August 2023

From local company visits led by Mayor Todd Gloria to newly launched Computer and Engineering Talent Demand Reports, see EDC’s month in review made possible with and through our investors and partners.

By the numbers

  • 3 Company site visits led by Mayor Gloria, EDC
  • 17K Software developer jobs in the region
  • 30K General engineering jobs in the region
  • 186K Quality jobs CREATED by SD innovation economy

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • Burger Construction
  • California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
  • Carrier Johnson
  • City of Carlsbad
  • General Atomics
  • General Dynamics NASSCO
  • Illumina
  • Intesa Communications
  • Junior Achievement
  • Kilroy Realty
  • Lankford & Associates
  • Lowe Enterprises
  • MIDPACNEWCENT
  • San Diego Community Power
  • San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
  • Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

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Monthly Report – July 2023

From a newly launched Investment Map to a White House award, see EDC’s month in review made possible with and through our investors and partners.

By the numbers

  • 800 Attendees at EDC Annual Dinner
  • 15.6M Rentable sqft of CRE in the region
  • 327 Childcare deserts spread across region
  • 74% Of SD’s population is middle-to low-income

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • Aya Healthcare
  • BAE Systems
  • Bank of America
  • California State University San Marcos
  • Deloitte
  • Evans Hotels
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Junior Achievement of San Diego County
  • Marine Group Boat Works
  • Neighborhood House Association
  • San Diego Housing Commission
  • San Diego Padres
  • Sony
  • The Burnham Foundation
  • Willis Allen Real Estate

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Monthly Report – June 2023

In the words of Clint Eastwood, and later our own Malin Burnham, ‘it’s halftime, San Diego.’ With six months behind us and six more ahead in 2023, EDC pauses to reflect on all we’ve accomplished—and the work still to do.

here’s our halftime report by mark → 

By the numbers

  • $25k Awarded to MetroConnect grand prize winner Access Trax
  • $3.25 Per sqft asking rate in CRE (Q1)
  • 3.3% Job growth in San Diego (Q1)
  • 3.7% Decrease in median home price (Q1)

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • Breakthrough Properties
  • CBRE
  • Curebound
  • Excelerate
  • Junior Achievement
  • Quarles Paul Plevin
  • Rady Children’s Hospital
  • San Diego County Water Authority
  • Cultura

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Monthly Report – May 2023

As we wrap up Q1, we look back on the 51 companies supported and the close of the Artificial Intelligence-Machine Learning report series. Here’s what else EDC accomplished in April 2023 with and through our investors and partners.

By the numbers

  • 4 MetroConnect finalists to pitch at grand prize  
  • 5 EDC reports published on artificial intelligence 
  • 51 Small businesses supported by EDC & SBDC in Q1 
  • 4 Investment map use cases

Featured stories

New and renewing investors

  • Biomed Realty Trust
  • Bridgewest Group
  • Carrier Johnson
  • City of Escondido
  • Cox Communication
  • HomeStreet Bank
  • Junior Achievement
  • Lankford Q1 payment
  • MAAC
  • OnPoint Development
  • San Diego County Airport Authority
  • Scripps Health
  • Sudberry Properties
  • Wells Fargo
  • Clark Construction

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