MetroConnect provides small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in San Diego with the resources they need to take their business to the rest of the world. MetroConnect provides each selected company up to $10,000 in matching funds to cover up to 50 percent of the costs associated with the company's next step to going global.

Thanks to support from the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Foundation, San Diego Regional EDC will award the MetroConnect grant to a handful of companies trying to take their innovative products abroad, secure strategic partnerships, and boost international business that ultimately translates to increased economic activity in San Diego.

The Global Competitiveness Council (GCC) is a group of senior business, academic, government and civic partners that oversee World Trade Center San Diego’s (WTCSD) implementation of the Go Global San Diego trade and investment initiative. GCC members include representatives from each of WTCSD’s founding partners and leadership from some of the region’s most globally engaged companies.

The GCC advises on WTCSD programming and generates public support for the broader global strategy. This group also serves as the voice for trade and investment policy recommendations on behalf of the region.