On our last stop this season, we land in San Diego facing a chicken or egg dilemma: Do communities create economies? Or is it the other way around? To help us solve that puzzle, we talk to the manager of a nonprofit, a hotel CEO, a Colonel in the Marines, and a Spanish teacher—people who might not seem to have much in common, but who have found a shared home in this fluid, ever-changing part of Southern California.

Interviewees:

• Kristen Walker
• Colonel Jason Woodworth
• Robert Gleason
• Dan Watman

Organizations:

• San Diego Workforce Partnership
• Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
• Evans Hotels
• Friends of Friendship Park