https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnzzwpWV1Fw

Millennial MATCH-UP!BATAVIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Annual Meeting

January 27, 2016

Interactive Presentation

& Open Dialogue

Generational Profiles

City of Batavia/Genesee County

Demographics

MATCH-UP: Community & Economic

Development Projects

Tapping the Power of Optimism

“The throw down of the century…” Washington Post, Sarah Cooper July 2015

Who are the Millennials?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnyQAiRDqq0

The LARGEST cohort in US population, right now

Born 1980 or thereafter

Technology “natives”

Optimists

Most educated

Creative/Entrepreneurial – “gigs”

Share Economy

Value nature of work

Prefer City-living over suburbia

Most diverse generation

Genesee County & City of Batavia

Genesee Co (Planning Dept)

Veteran Generation 2.5%

Baby Boomers 30%

Generation X 18%

Millennials 26%

Diversity

White 94%

Black 3%

American Indian >1%

Latino 2%

City of Batavia (BDC/US Quick Facts)

Veteran Generation 10%

Baby Boomers 17%

Generation X 26%

Millennials 27%

Diversity

White 88%

Black 5%

American Indian <1%

Latino 3%

2 or more race 3%

Building for Millennials: Invest in Place

Attract those that WANT to live/work here

Emphasize diversity in both community design &

population

Walkability - pedestrian, bicycle & transit-friendly

Incorporate mixed-housing types (single family,

townhomes & apartments)

Public parks for community gathering

Environmentally conscious

MILLENIAL MATCH-UP!

Livable Community

Foster Entrepreneurship

Building Community

LIVABLE COMMUNITY

Accessible, Affordable, Walkable

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Main Street Upper Floor Housing

Ellicott Station, Ellicott Trail

MILLENNIALS

Earth-friendly

Debt-ridden

Urban-minded

BABY BOOMERS

Downsizing

Services

Wealth

MATCH-UP!

FOSTER ENTREPRENEURSHIP

$$$, Navigation Experts, Training

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Get Underway Grants

MILLENNIALS

54% WANT TO START A

BUSINESS

BABY BOOMERS

MENTORS

BUYERS

MATCH-UP!

BUILDING COMMUNITY

Relevant, Engaging, Optimistic

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Seek to Understand, Share Information & Collaborate

MILLENNIALS

Innovators

Collaborators

Prefer the Positive

Entertainment-Junkie

BABY BOOMERS

Confident

Team Players

Prefer the Positive

Entertainment-Junkie

MATCH-UP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbjH9d4h6GQ

1.Are we Investing in Place?

2.Do you see the value in Building

Community?

3.How optimistic are you about the

future?

CHEERS TO THE NEXT 50 YEARS!

Contact:

Julie Pacatte

Batavia Development Corporation

jpacatte@bataviadevelopmentcorp.org

585-345-6380