“The Reno City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved tax breaks to coax Apple Inc. to open two facilities in northern Nevada as part of a $1 billion investment over 10 years,” The Associated Press reports.
“The City Council agreed to the city’s portion of a deal that includes $89 million in county, city and state tax abatements,” AP reports. “Analysts say that’s a 79 percent reduction in Apple’s tax burden.”
“The data center would eventually employ up to 41 full-time employees and 200 long-term contract employees,” AP reports. “Construction is estimated to create 580 temporary jobs… Analysts predict Project Jonathan would generate $343 million in economic activity over the next decade.”
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The Reno Gazette-Journal reports, “Steve Hill of the Nevada Office on Economic Development said the tax breaks are critical for Nevada to compete with other potential Apple sites, including sales-tax-free Oregon, where the company bought 160 acres earlier this year. ‘They’ve got lots of options,’ Hill said. ‘The Prineville, Ore., area remains more competitive than Northern Nevada.'”
“Washoe County commissioners signed off on their end of the bargain Tuesday, which gives Apple an 85 percent break on its personal property taxes. The City Council will decide whether to pledge 75 percent of its share of sales taxes to the company for the downtown business center,” The Reno Gazette-Journal reports. “Hill said the project will go through a monthlong approval process with the governor’s economic development office, and if all goes as planned, construction could begin as early as August.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Congrats, Reno, Washoe County, and Nevada! Full steam ahead!
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