{"id":2029535,"date":"2023-09-12T16:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-permanently-closes-factory-store-in-portland-due-to-crime-wave\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:26:38","slug":"nike-permanently-closes-factory-store-in-portland-due-to-crime-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-permanently-closes-factory-store-in-portland-due-to-crime-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike shuts down Portland factory store due to rising crime."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnike-permanently-closes-factory-store-in-portland-due-to-crime-wave%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029535&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Nike permanently closed\u2062 its factory store in northeast Portland, Oregon, due to a massive surge\u2064 in crime.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-permanently-closes-factory-store-in-portland-due-to-crime-wave\/\" title=\"Nike shuts down Portland factory store due to rising crime.\">footwear manufacturer cited ongoing<\/a> &#8220;theft and safety issues&#8221; on Sept. 8 for the closure of the store, after nearly 40 years in business.<\/p>\n<p>The Soul District Business Association (SBDA), a nonprofit that supports economic and \u200dbusiness development in the Portland neighborhood, informed The Oregonian.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related \u2063Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/portland-city-council-votes-to-ban-use-of-fentanyl-heroin-in-public-5487532\">Portland City Council Votes to Ban Use of Fentanyl, Heroin in Public<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/7\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/portland-city-council-votes-to-ban-use-of-fentanyl-heroin-in-public-5487532\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/portland-mayor-backtracks-on-proposed-bill-to-ban-public-drug-use-5361719\">Portland\u2063 Mayor Backtracks on Proposed Bill to Ban Public Drug Use<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">6\/28\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/portland-mayor-backtracks-on-proposed-bill-to-ban-public-drug-use-5361719\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Community Icon Closes Due to\u200c Crime<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2062SBDA said \u200cthe &#8220;community was \u200ddealt a major\u2064 economic blow&#8221; after the closure.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nike officials reportedly made the decision to shut the location down over \u2063six months ago, before \u200dfinally deciding plans to close it\u2062 permanently.<\/p>\n<p>John Washington,\u200d the SDBA&#8217;s executive director, told The Oregonian that the\u200d closure of the Nike outlet was\u200b impacting the small businesses in the \u200barea, as\u2064 many were dependent on foot traffic from the\u200d store.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That prompted me to ask \u2063Nike what their intentions were,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nike told Mr. Washington during a Zoom meeting that the decision was permanent, blaming safety and security issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This news\u200c has \u2063landed like a lead \u2063balloon in our district,&#8221; Mr. Washington said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had\u2064 all been holding our breath since last November when the\u2062 store quietly shuttered its doors due to internal and external \u200btheft and safety issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Portland Officials Fail to\u200d Protect Local Businesses<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;But, like so many of \u200dus riding \u200cout the fallout of \u200cthe pandemic and protests, we held out hope that Nike, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcs-hotel-harrington-closes-for-january-6-pro-trump-march-after-pressure-over-proud-boys\/\" title=\"DC\u2019s Hotel Harrington Closes for January 6 Pro-Trump March After Pressure Over Proud Boys\">city officials<\/a>, \u200dand community leaders would recalibrate and realign order. But it looks like it&#8217;s\u200c game over,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Nike Community Store reportedly opened in June 1984, after Portland civil \u2064rights activists\u200b were able to convince the brand\u200c to build its first-ever factory store on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, which was once the center of the \u2064city&#8217;s \u2063black population.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2004 Nike press release, Ron Herndon,\u2064 who led the Black\u200d United Front, called\u2063 the Nike\u200b Store the economic driver for the neighborhood and &#8220;one of the\u2063 first area\u200d businesses to stand up and declare \u200bNortheast Portland as a viable \u200bcommunity to do\u200b business in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After Portland defunded its police department in 2020,\u2064 in the wake of\u2062 the Black Lives \u2062Matter riots, local businesses \u2064were hit with a \u200dwave of crime and property destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Many business\u200d owners\u2064 struggled to maintain safety and security with lack of\u2062 a police presence.<\/p>\n<p>According to records, the Portland Police Bureau received 276 reports \u200cof shoplifting at the Nike store last year\u2064 alone, Williamette Week reported last October.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>In February, Nike requested that city officials post off-duty\u2063 police officers to provide\u2064 security \u2064at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/2023\/02\/nikes-request-for-police-to-guard-ne-portland-store-isnt-feasible-mayors-office-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the \u200bneighborhood\u2063 store<\/a>, but Mayor Ted Wheeler refused\u200c the request, blaming \u200cpolice staffing shortages, reported \u200dThe\u200d Oregonian.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mayor Wheeler said in \u2064a press statement \u200cthat he was &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; \u2063about the closure, claiming \u200bthat he and \u200dcity officials\u200d &#8220;worked tirelessly and in \u2064good faith with Nike for \u200balmost a year to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-store-in-portland-shuts-doors-as-crime-and-safety-concerns-tear-through-city\/\" title=\"Nike store in Portland closes due to rising crime and safety issues.\">offer creative solutions<\/a> to their safety challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>Nike May\u2064 Open New Store Elsewhere in Town<\/h2>\n<p>However, according to The Oregonian, \u2063Nike may have plans to open a new store in north or\u200b northeast Portland.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nike officials told The Epoch Times that it cared &#8220;deeply about Portland&#8217;s north and \u200bnortheast community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For nearly 40 years, \u200dour MLK Community \u200bStore in the historical Albi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nike permanently closed its factory store in northeast Portland, Oregon, after nearly 40 years due to a surge in crime. Citing ongoing theft and safety issues, the footwear manufacturer made the decision on Sept. 8. The closure was a blow to the Soul District Business Association, a nonprofit supporting economic and business development in Portland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":2029536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}