Dallas County commissioners are hesitant to give Nike’s potential distribution center a 50% tax break after some of them challenged the company on its...
Diversity concerns in Nike have put a pause on Dallas County’s tax break approval for a distribution center that would add $60 million to the county tax base.
The proposal would give Nike and its landlord, LPC Southport, a 10-year, 50% tax exemption, costing the county more than $68,000 a year in tax revenue. In Nike’s most recent report on 2021 employee data and goals, women held 43% of leadership positions, and racial and ethnic minorities held just over 30% of positions as directors and higher.
Tax reductions can be granted by a government for a wide range of reasons, including the promise of increased housing production or created jobs and the long-term impact to the tax base. He said there is a lot of work to be done before commissioners can justify to taxpayers a Nike tax break. “In recent years, we have made some structural and organizational changes to help facilitate the work,” she said. “So we’ve elevated our [diversity, equity and inclusion] team to sit at the heart of Nike’s people and culture strategy.”
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