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A note on the new year

Dear EDC partners and investors, Reflecting on our past year at San Diego Regional EDC, I turn to the conversations and moments I’ve been privileged to share with many of you across the San Diego community. Each month, on a Wednesday morning overlooking the greens at Torrey Pines (or via Zoom screen), more than 60 […]

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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 […]

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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – January 5, 2024

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by […]

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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 […]

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San Diego’s Good News of the Year 2023

In business and in life, our ability to plan is only as effective as our understanding of the circumstances we are working through. Despite ongoing uncertainties, EDC remains both optimistic for the future and continuously amazed by what San Diego business, academic, community, and civic leaders are building, sustaining, and improving all around us. Looking […]

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Q3 2023: San Diego’s remote work policy and the impact on commercial real estate

Each quarter, EDC’s Research Bureau releases its Economic Snapshot to analyze key economic indicators in San Diego’s economy. Read on as we take a closer look at how remote work trends are reshaping the workplace and the broader economy. Remote first work As the cost of living in San Diego continues to outpace compensation, remote work […]

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EDC’s Top 10 in 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. Day-by-day and year-by-year, together with and through 150 investors and partners, EDC chips away and tracks against the […]

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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – December 8, 2023

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by […]

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World Trade Center San Diego’s 2023 Annual Report

World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD), the international affiliate of San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the regional leader on trade and investment, cultivates a pipeline of export-ready firms, maximizes foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities, and enhances San Diego’s global identity. In WTCSD’s 2023 Annual Report, see how we helped San Diego companies […]

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EDC designates region’s top computing and engineering programs

To fill talent gaps, regional employers vet training curriculum aligned to industry needs Together with more than a dozen industry partners, EDC is proud to announce the newly designated Verified Programs. Celebrated by industry as best preparing students for jobs in computing and engineering roles these 30 education programs represent 16 different institutions across San […]

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