Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council

Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council (YVCC) is a local citizens group that was organized in 1979.  YVCC is a local affiliate of Northern plains resource council and advocates for a healthy, livable, and sustainable community by educating, mobilizing, and testifying to ensure citizen’ voices are heard in the local and state government decision–making process.  YVCC also formulates grand visions of a healthy and sustainable community and working cooperatively to achieve them.

Local Foods Buying Club

YVCC and Bull Mountain Land Alliance also run a quarterly Local Foods Buying Club to connect consumers to local food producers. In 2009 alone, the Food Buying Club generated more than $10,000 in additional revenue for Billings-area family farms and ranches. Members can place orders for a wide variety of local products (meats, produce, honey, lavender, etc.) and pick them up at the Northern Plains office. For more information or to place an order, visit www.communityfoodclub.org or call (406)-248-1154. Watch the Calendar of Events for the next food drop.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Since its inception, YVCC has achieved many important victories, including:

• Helped dramatically improve air quality in Yellowstone County through an ongoing campaign to improve the enforcement of air quality laws. 
  
• Increased individual and institutional patronage of locally raised and processed food through our community food campaign. 
  
• Secured support for a full-time neighborhood planner to coordinate smart growth planning in our community. 
  
• Successfully challenged efforts to site hazardous waste facilities near the Yellowstone River.
• Recruited businesses to sponsor recycling pick-up in more than 20 Billings public elementary schools. 
  

Over the past few decades, YVCC has provided local citizens with numerous opportunities to advocate for a healthy, inviting, and sustainable community.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Join us this November for our annual Cowboy Supper during the Northern Plains Annual Meeting to help us raise funds and spread the word about locally produced foods.

CONTACT

Paul Miller, Chair
YVCC
220 S. 27th Street, Suite A
Billings, MT 59101