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 Manpower San Diego. Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up For the week of July 19, 2024, here’s what we’re reading: General Dynamics NASSCO secures $20.5M Pentagon investment Illumina acquires Fluent Biosciences Truvian Health rai ..read more

takeaways from Advancing San Diego’s AI Best Practices event In a regional economy where one in four local firms utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is essential that San Diego students be prepared with the skills necessary to maximize the use of AI. To address this need, Deloitte and San Diego Regional EDC convened nearly 50 faculty and administrators from Advancing San Diego’s Verified Programs to collaborate and workshop the future of AI implementation in higher education. Six THINGS WE LEARNED: Personalize learning and content AI can revolutionize personalized learning by analyzing ..read more

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 Manpower San Diego. Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up For the week of July 12, 2024, here’s what we’re reading: Eli Lilly acquires Radionetics for $1B Element Biosciences secures more than $277M in Series D funding Athletic Br ..read more

Summer in San Diego Summer always marks some fun, exciting, and impactful moments for San Diego’s community and economy. The Padres have continued to play great baseball as they head into the upcoming MLB All-Star Break. The Rady Shell is packing in world-class acts along with performances from our own San Diego Symphony. The San Diego County Fair in Del Mar continues to host concerts, agricultural exhibitions, and some of our region’s most creative food and drink offerings. And of course, when you are home to the nation’s largest population of active-duty military and veterans, Independence D ..read more

It has been nine years since EDC hosted its first Inclusive Growth Leadership Trip to Nashville, Tennessee. This May, a cross-sector delegation of business, government, and civic leaders headed to San Jose, a strategic peer metro facing the same challenges and opportunities as the San Diego region. Over two and a half days, our delegation learned and shared best practices in inclusive growth. By the numbers 35 Delegates join EDC’s Inclusive Growth Leadership Trip 61% of local jobs are within small business 43% of small businesses expect to expand workforce (2024 EDC Study) 55% of small busine ..read more

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 Manpower San Diego. Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up For the week of June 28, 2024, here’s what we’re reading: General Atomics develops tool to support fusion experiments Bright Peak Therapeutics raises $90M Series C Parabili ..read more

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 Manpower San Diego. Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up For the week of June 14, 2024, here’s what we’re reading: County partners with Junior Achievement on youth workforce development program City of San Diego breaks ground on ..read more

Each quarter, World Trade Center San Diego delivers the latest global news and updates straight to your inbox. In Q2 2024, here’s what you need to know about San Diego’s global trade, investment, and engagement. ➝ Get WTCSD’s Global Brief each quarter. California, Gyeonggi Province sign MOU for collaboration During WTCSD’s trade mission to South Korea last fall, Mayor Todd Gloria delivered a letter from Governor Newsom to Gyeonggi Province’s Governor Kim, inviting him to visit California and sign an MOU between the two regions. In May, Governor Kim did right by the invitation and joined Govern ..read more

Whether partnering with Apprenti to create diverse talent pipelines or with Samsung Semiconductor to celebrate its new sales offices, EDC’s month in review is made possible with and through our investors and partners. By the numbers 40.6K San Diegans employed in advanced manufacturing companies 92% Apprenti apprentices from underserved communities 30% Cost savings in sourcing & training thru apprenticeships 10% Growth rate in San Diego’s GRP (2021 & 2022) Featured case study EDC, regional partners cut ribbon on new Samsung Semiconductor sales office Featured stories Create diverse ..read more

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 Manpower San Diego. Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up For the week of June 7, 2024, here’s what we’re reading: EDC hosts Inclusive Growth Leadership Trip to San Jose CCOE, Google, three local universities partner to launch San ..read more