Monthly Report
APRIL 2025
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 at the national level, intentional and consistent efforts by a diverse set of regional stakeholders will be key to achieving our goals.
progress by the numbers
5
YEARS TO 2030
48.4K
QUALITY JOBS
23K
NEWLY SKILLED WORKERS
49.9K
THRIVING HOUSEHOLDS
MetroConnect VII Grand Prize PitchFest 2025
Join 200+ international business professionals and cast your vote after hearing pitches from our top four MetroConnect companies competing for a $25,000 grand prize. Together we’ll celebrate their trade success and the culmination of MetroConnect VII, World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD)‘s latest export accelerator cohort.
Investor Spotlight: Breakthrough Properties
EDC’s impact is made possible with and through the investment of more than 150 public agencies, private organizations, companies, and developers. We sat down with EDC investor Breakthrough Properties to learn more about the developer’s work to help grow San Diego’s globally-renowned Life Sciences ecosystem—and why it invests in EDC.
Inclusive Growth Spotlight: Commute with Enterprise
In an effort to celebrate and inspire the efforts of regional employers, EDC is publishing a series of spotlights on exemplary Inclusive Growth. This month, we feature Commute with Enterprise and its efforts to support San Diego’s thriving households—one of three pillars of the 2030 Inclusive Growth goals.
Industry Insights: Soft skills emerging as competitive advantage in hiring
Thirty regional educators gathered for this quarter’s installment of EDC’s Verified Programs Workshop Series, embedding essential soft skills into higher education curricula. The workshop was designed to provide education providers, recognized for aligning their curricula with industry needs, with tangible soft skills development strategies for students.
Upcoming Events
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