Yes I read a rumor about it last week and my friend down in Orlando says she was told her JoAnne's will close May 1. Her Viking dealer uses that store so now she'll have to tote her machines for cleaning up to Altamonte Springs. She doesn't do well on fast traveling roads. All 3 stores around her are on fast traveling roads so she doesn't know what she'll do. I don't have a JoAnne's near me, the closest is 65 miles away so I haven't used JoAnne's since I moved to Iowa back in 2010. I still have lots of their silky dress fabrics though so I'm lucky there.