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Higher Grounds Coffee Shoppe transitions to new ownership

Gloria and Matthew Scott have sold Higher Grounds Coffee Shoppe after operating it for 21 years. The Boone coffee shop has transitioned to new ownership as the Scotts move to be closer to family.

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Gloria and Matthew Scott are handing off Higher Grounds after two decades and change, stepping back to be nearer their family. Twenty-one years is a long run in coffee retail, especially in a college town where the churn is real. The new owner takes over a place that learned how to be part of Boone's morning. The Scotts earned their rest.

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