Stroll, Pedal, or Ride Your Way to Prizes in Downtown Hendersonville

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Stroll, Pedal, or Ride Your Way to Prizes in Downtown Hendersonville

As part of Strive Not to Drive Week (May 16–24, 2025), Businesses in Downtown Hendersonville are offering a fun and FREE Business Passport Promotion to encourage car-free travel and support local businesses.

Here’s how it works:
Participants who walk, bike, or take public transit to participating downtown businesses can collect stamps in a special Downtown Passport. At the end of the week, they can return the completed booklet to be entered in a raffle to win Downtown Dollars gift certificates redeemable at dozens of local shops and restaurants.

Passports are available for pickup and drop-off at the Hendersonville Welcome Center, located at 201 S Main Street. Passports do NOT have to be filled in order to be eligible for prizes!

Participating businesses include:

  • Wag! A Unique Pet Boutique
  • SPLURGE
  • Pisgah Forest Gem Mine and Gifts
  • Lazy One of Hendersonville
  • Fins on Fifth
  • Bigfoot, Ammo and More
  • Homestead
  • American Refinery
  • Black Bear Coffee Co
  • Glass Dragon Studio
  • Hendersonville Outfitters
  • Honeysuckle Holler
  • Southern Appalachian Brewery
  • Hendersonville Farmers Market

This is a fun way to explore downtown without a car—and a great excuse to pop into some of your favorite local shops.

Additional events will take place all week from May 16-24:

May 16 at 6:30 PM – Social Spin Bike Ride from Trailside Brewing (873 Lenox Park Dr)

May 17, 8 AM–1 PM – Senior Wellness Day at Hendersonville Farmers Market

Learn about the Apple Country Bus system and how it connects you to local destinations and participate in Walk Audit Training Sessions at 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM (30-minute sessions), where you'll earn a token to spend at the Market.

May 21 at 7 PM – Ride of Silence through Downtown (starting at 201 S Main St)

May 23 at 9 AM – Hike Henderson County at Jackson Park (801 4th Ave E)

Strive Not to Drive (May 16-24) is a regional initiative supported by Go Mountain Commuting through the French Broad River MPO and Land of Sky Regional Council. Strive Not to Drive has been occurring since the 1980s, promoting sustainable transportation and safer, more connected communities. See the full list of events and register to win prizes at www.strivebeyond.org.

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