Bridging the gap: Wilmington considers Millennial Advisory Committee

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — How do you reach millennials? It’s a question everyone from parents to businesses have tried to answer for years.

Now, the City of Wilmington is considering it after a proposal at this morning’s council agenda briefing.

Tony McEwen, assistant to the city manager for legislative and intergovernmental affairs, presented the idea of having a Millennial Advisory Committee to city council.

He says millennials, the generation born between 1981 and 1996, make up about one third of the work force right now but by 2025 they will make up almost 50 percent of the work force.

McEwen says it could benefit the city in many ways to start working with them now.

“I think it’s important to kind of have an ongoing dialogue and relationship between our elected leaders in our community and again what is a growing part of our demographic population wise,” McEwen said.

McEwen says council liked the idea.

He will now work on more specifics for the group, like what exactly it will do, before presenting it to council again.