The Contra Costa Economic Partnership (CCEP) and the East Bay Economic Development Alliance (East Bay EDA) announced today a new collaboration that invests in data resources to enhance their efforts to track regional economic trends and provide deeper insights to guide policy and investment decisions across the East Bay.
Together, CCEP and East Bay EDA will coordinate data sourcing and analysis to create a unified regional approach that improves efficiency and expands the value delivered to public agencies, employers, and community partners. This alignment comes at a time when high-quality economic information is essential to maintaining a competitive and resilient regional economy.
“Strong regional economies are built on strong regional partnerships,” said Mark Orcutt, Executive Director of the Contra Costa Economic Partnership. “By aligning our data work with East Bay EDA, we’re ensuring that public agencies, employers, and community leaders have the reliable information they need to act with confidence.”
East Bay EDA Executive Director Stephen Baiter underscored the importance of the collaboration, emphasizing that access to timely, strategic economic data is a public good and that partnering with CCEP “expands both organizations’ ability to serve as sources of trusted information that communities, businesses, and local governments depend on to plan for the future.”
In announcing this partnership, East Bay EDA and CCEP are pleased to provide the most recent quarterly reports (Q4 2025) from Lightcast, a leading data provider on labor market analytics, containing an overview of key economic indicators for Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Alameda County Report (Q4 2025) | Contra Costa County Report (Q4 2025)
To explore some of the shared data resources powering this collaboration, we invite you to visit the East Bay Data Dashboard.
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The Contra Costa Economic Partnership is a public–private partnership focused on strengthening Contra Costa County’s economy through workforce initiatives, data and policy analysis, and collaboration across business, education, and government.
The East Bay Economic Development Alliance is a cross-sector public–private partnership with a 35-year track record of promoting strategic economic development, workforce growth, and quality of life in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.