 The company began liquidation sales on April 10, 2009, and all stores were closed by the end of May with 1600 employees laid off.In June 2009, a general contractor for Dick's Sporting Goods announced it would begin renovating the former Joe's location in Hillsboro, Oregon, into what will be the second Dick's Sporting Goods in the state.Dick's later took over five other former Joe's locations in Oregon, and along with the Hillsboro site, all had been part of the plan by the former managers to resurrect a small part of the company.