Jim's Ice Cream, the neighborhood shop at 10th and Maple streets that has anchored a block of Hillsboro community life for nearly half a century, will serve its last cone Sunday, Aug. 23.

Owner Adrian Wakefield announced the closure July 29 after the building's owner declined to renew the lease and decided to sell the property. The shop has no plans to relocate.

"So many of the people in this community have been around, I mean, since my kids were babies," Wakefield told the Hillsboro News-Times on Aug. 16. "They've watched my kids grow up. I've watched their kids grow up. I've made their ice cream cakes for every birthday for 20 years."

Wakefield, 38, started working at the shop when she was 16, back when it was still a Baskin-Robbins. She followed her older sister into management, stayed through the 2014 rebrand under then-owner Jim Schultz, and bought the business herself in 2016. Her 20-year-old son, Caiden, was working a shift there last Saturday.

The building sits across from SHARC, Hillsboro's public pool, and within steps of a park and the public library. Wakefield told the News-Times she can't imagine a better spot for an ice cream shop.

The closure caps a turbulent stretch. A car crashed through the storefront on Thanksgiving Day 2024, injuring two people and forcing the shop dark for more than a year. Wakefield relied on community donations and chocolate sales to stay afloat during that time, and Jim's finally reopened in December 2025.

Business since the reopening was the best the shop had ever seen, Wakefield said. She had been discussing a lease renewal and considering a $30,000 freezer replacement when she learned the property owner would not offer a new lease.

Wakefield said the property's valuation has been inflated by the presence of her business, making a purchase financially out of reach. Building a new shop from scratch would cost an estimated $100,000, she told The Oregonian, and she does not anticipate opening elsewhere.

Longtime customer Kevin Clemo told KGW on July 31 the loss will ripple through the neighborhood. "Small businesses like this are what communities need to stay vibrant," he said. Customer Viri Dorantes, a longtime area resident, told KGW the same day the news was heartbreaking.

The building at 10th and Maple has housed an ice cream shop in one form or another since the 1970s. What comes next for the property remains unclear.

Customers can get their last scoops from 4–10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon–10 p.m. Friday through Sunday through Aug. 23.