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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 […]

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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – June 30, 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. Get Good News of […]

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A tool for inclusive growth: The San Diego Investment Map

New digital tool to help inform inclusive growth in housing, childcare, industry Today, EDC launched the San Diego Investment Map, a new digital tool to inform strategic, inclusive growth across the region. As part of EDC’s Inclusive Growth Initiative, the Investment Map provides a first-of-its-kind interactive data tool to support decision making across core facets […]

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MetroConnect Spotlight: Novo Brazil Brewing

World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD) works directly with companies free of charge to help them expand internationally and grow in San Diego, supported by San Diego Regional EDC’s nearly 200 private company and public agency investors. Since 2015, WTCSD’s MetroConnect export accelerator has assisted 95 San Diego companies in turning $890,000 in export grants […]

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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – June 23, 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. Get Good News of […]

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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – June 16, 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. Get Good News of […]

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Halftime in San Diego

A June note from Mark When I began working at EDC, I saw a Super Bowl ad that caught my eye—both a car commercial and a moving pep talk in a post-recession era. As the narrator spoke about “halftime in America” and the opportunity to make a comeback, images of businesses, communities, and people from […]

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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – June 9, 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 p ast week. Get Good News […]

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WTCSD honored with Presidential Export Award

EDC’s own World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD) was honored today with the President’s “E” Award for Export Service. Presented by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at a ceremony in Washington D.C., the “E” Award recognizes WTCSD’s commitment to growth of exports and jobs, especially through MetroConnect and Export SBDC. This is the […]

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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 […]

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