Sustainably, Boone Passport

Try Boone's NEW Green Passport

This passport highlights local, sustainable businesses in Boone! Visit them, scan a QR code at each one, and collect stamps in your digital passport, supporting Boone's small businesses to locals, students, and visitors alike.

Student Sustainable Business Association
SSBA is a student club at Appalachian State University focused on bringing sustainable practices into local businesses, careers, and communities. Sustainably, Boone is our flagship project, a way to put that mission directly into the community's hands.
Boone Tourism Development Association
The Town of Boone's Tourism Development Association supports and promotes Boone as a destination, helping connect the High Country's businesses, events, and natural beauty with the people who come to experience them.
Town of Boone Sustainability
The Town of Boone Sustainability Committee advises the town on sustainability policy and programs, working to protect Boone's mountains, water, and community resources for the long term.
What the Passport is
A free digital passport for Boone. Visit sustainable businesses, nonprofits, trails, and local landmarks, scan a QR code at each stop, and collect stamps, with a real reward waiting once you've collected enough of them.

Own a business in Boone?

If your business is working toward sustainability, we'd love to feature you in the passport and connect you with the community that cares about it most.

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Have a question?

Students, visitors, or anyone else with questions about the passport, send us a message and we'll get back to you.

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What the stars mean

Each business is rated using a star system to reflect its commitment to sustainability:

★☆☆

Already has at least one sustainable practice in place.

★★☆

Pledging to implement a new sustainability measure.

★★★

Now working towards a second sustainability goal.

What you can collect

Shop Sustainably
Explore Boone's Sustainable Shopping Destinations!
Savor Sustainably
Choose a restaurant that wants to work for you and the planet.
Stay Sustainably
Stay in Boone in places you can trust prioritize sustainability!
Stroll Sustainably
No Car? No Problem! Explore Boone's natural beauty starting right downtown!
The Wonderful Non-Profits of Boone
Our nonprofits working to make the High Country a better place for all!

Shop Sustainably

High Country Food Hub

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969 W King St, Boone, NC 28607

★★★

Watauga County Farmers Market

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591 Horn in the W Dr, Boone, NC 28607

★★★

Hunger & Health Coalition

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141 Health Center Drive Suite C, Boone, NC 28607

★★★

Mast General Store

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630 W King St., Boone, NC 28607

★★☆

Boone Fillery

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1655 NC-105 Boone NC

★★☆

Regear Outdoors

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967 Rivers St, Boone, NC 28607

★★☆
See 3 more in the directory

Savor Sustainably

F.A.R.M. Cafe

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617 W King St, Boone, NC 28607

★★★

Little Wing Ice Cream

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216 Howard St., Boone, NC 28607

★★☆

Rooted on King

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659 W King St., Boone, NC 28607

★★☆

Wildwood Community Market

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182 Howard St., Boone, NC 28607

★★☆

Venture Chocolate + Wine Co.

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605 W King St, Boone, NC 28607

★☆☆

Stay Sustainably

Lovill House Inn

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404 Old Bristol Rd, Boone, NC 28607

★★☆