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Exciting news! 🎉 The 12-month progress report for the 2023-2026 Yellowstone County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) is now available. Discover how we're making strides in community health and explore more Healthy By Design resources. Check out the full report and see what we've working towards:
https://www.healthybydesignyellowstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Report_CHIPProgress12Month_FINAL_2024.07.31.pdf

👀✨ Keep an eye out for our new community plan fact sheets, coming soon! 🗺️ In collaboration with the Billings Planning & Community Services Department , Healthy By Design has created easy-to-understand summaries of city plans and reports. 🏙️💡 This initiative comes in response to community feedback about the need for greater civic literacy. 📚 We’re excited to share these with you—stay tuned! 🔍👋

🌿✨ Join us for another Gardeners' Market this Thursday at South Park! 🍎🥦 Enjoy fresh produce, baked goods, crafts, and live music. You can expect to find beets, peas, spinach, rhubarb, cherries, garlic scapes and much more! This week, we're excited to have the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education program EFNEP of Yellowstone County with us! 🎶 Don't miss out—sign up for our Market Newsletter today to stay in the loop with weekly updates, vendor spotlights, recipes, and more! @ [email protected] 📩

🎶 Immerse yourself in a Thursday filled with live music, fresh local produce, artisanal baked goods, and a thriving community vibe! Join us at our weekly Gardeners' Market and don't miss Forward Montana , who'll be on hand with voter registration forms. Let's grow together—see you there! 🍅

🌿 Join us this week at our Gardener's Market! 🌞 It's Senior Day, and we're excited to partner with Adult Resource Alliance of Yellowstone County and Big Sky Senior Services to bring you valuable resources right here in Billings. Learn about the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program and more! 🍎🥦 Don't forget, it's going to be a warm day, so be sure to stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water!💧 See you there!

Join us tomorrow, July 9th, at the Billings Public Library Community Room for a Healthy By Design coalition meeting. We’ll share CHIP status updates and identify areas where additional actions may be needed. Join us in shaping a healthier future together! For more information or to RSVP, contact us at [email protected] or at 406.247.3394.

Healthy By Design wishes you and your family a happy and healthy Independence Day! 🎆

Health By Design Gardeners' Market will be closed this Thursday to celebrate Independence Day! 🎆 See you next Thursday, and have a happy, safe, and healthy 4th! 🎉

Phase two of public outreach for the Billings Area Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan is happening now! 🚶‍♂️🚴‍♀️ Share your thoughts by July 28th at https://sandersonstewart.com/projects/billingsbikepedplan/call-to-action/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3dxtXj5vp-8OoqwLxmF5YwAQRWtojTLuU1u90w4uZ-IGa1O9adczxgYHw_aem_xj_70hvBLJBfpN36nuy5Jg. Join Billings Planning & Community Services Department on July 10th at Veteran's Park for a pop-up protected bike lane demo and public meeting. See you there!

Be Heard Today! - Billings Area Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan It looks like you want to get involved We are so glad this project is important to you! Take a look at the opportunities to participate, we look forward to hearing from you. We value your ideas, thoughts, and opinions.Periodically we will update ways you can interact with the design team. The 2024 B...

🚌 Discover something new! Join MET Transit Travel Training this Thursday, June 27th at 11:00 am at Billings Public Library. Learn how to ride the city bus and explore downtown. Registration required. Gift bags included!

✨MET Transit Travel Training!✨
Thursday, June 27th, 11:00 am, Billings Public Library

Take on a new adventure and learn how to ride the city bus! 🚐 Meet us at the library where we will go on a short walk to the bus stop and take a ride through downtown. No bus pass is needed but registration is required. Participants will receive a gift bag with local goods and incentives! Billings MET Transit

Register here https://billings.librarycalendar.com/event/lets-ride-bus-15906

Meet us at the market! Come join us and community partners this Thursday from 4-7 pm at South Park. 🌱 This week you may find microgreens, onions, rhubarb, garlic scapes, lettuce green, herbs, crafts, and more. 🌿 Can't wait to see you there! 🎉

Join Mobilize the MAGIC City for our ribbon cutting this Saturday, June 22nd at North Park to unveil Mariah Gladstone's captivating sculptures. Let's celebrate creativity, community, and culture together!

🍎🪨🛍️ Get ready to shop, rock, and read this Thursday at our upcoming Gardeners Market! Join us as we share South Park with Reading Rocks from now until July 25th. Enjoy fresh produce 🍓, local goods, and pick up a free book 📚 while participating in summer reading activities.
This week's community partner table will be hosted by RiverStone Health's To***co Free Park group. Visit their booth for surveys and swag—see you there! 🌞

🌱🍓We're excited to kick off our annual Gardeners' Market this Thursday, June 13th! Join us at South 28th St. & 7th Avenue South in South Park to explore a variety of fresh, local, and affordable fruits and vegetables while discovering unique, handcrafted goods! See you there! 🌽🍇

Eating together as a family can help improve eating habits, and save you time and money! Here are just a few benefits of finding time to cook and eat as a family:

-- Consistent family meal time, especially when eating healthy foods, can be a way to look forward to connecting as a family and looking forward to a delicious meal!
-- Helping to prepare the meal, or even side tasks such as setting the table, provides a useful and fun role for everyone!
-- Take-Out may be faster, but you'll hurt your pocketbook and your health if you make Take-Out a routine practice. Cooking at home can help you save costs, and reduce levels of fat, sodium, and sugar in your meals.
-- Cooking at home allows you to prepare a day or two ahead, which helps save time and helps use up the last of a batch of fruits or vegetables.

For more information on making the healthy choice, the easy choice, visit hbdyc.org

We're thrilled to welcome Emma Lamson to the Healthy By Design team as our new Community Health Improvement Specialist! 🎉 Emma's background and passion for wellness and community engagement is a perfect fit for our coalition. We're excited to have Emma on board and can't wait to collaborate on making the healthy choice the easy choice in our communities together. Welcome, Emma!

We're excited to have Lone Pine Suds join us at the Gardeners' Market this summer! The market season begins Thursday, June 13th at South Park from 4-6pm.

Full curing shelves - all ready for Summer Markets. We plan to be at several of the Gardner’s Markets Thursdays this summer, South Park 4-6pm. If you’re in Billings come say hi and stay tuned for weekly deals!

CHWs add value to Public Health settings by bringing a thorough understanding of their communities, providing a diversity of services to individuals and health systems, as well as engaging the root causes of poor health.

Community Health Workers can operate "Upstream," enhancing awareness and engagement of local health disparities by educating local leaders.

CHWs also provide a unique perspective by being accessible to individual community members, explaining health information, and exploring opportunities to sustain improved health.

For more information, visit: hbdyc.org/ResilientYC

Thanks for the great report, Billings Gazette!

Mobilize the MAGIC City "seeks to use art not only as a way of beautification but as a traffic control measure. The theory is that if you have a high volume traffic area you can use attention grabbing art — things that are hot pink, for instance — and it’ll cause drivers to slow down. Remind people that they’re in a neighborhood . . . Both pieces are along the Billings Neighborhood Bikeway, which leads riders from North Park to Rose Park."

New sculptures add a punch of color — and safety — to Billings streets The pair simply explode with color — prints of artwork made by local schoolchildren and wrapped in hot pink metal. You’re not going to miss them if you drive by.

Make sure improvements to your eating habits are focused on health-focused goals!

Here are some easy-to-follow tips courtesy of Eat Right:
- Restricted eating does not mean healthy eating. Stay away from "Fad Diets" that consistently or completely restrict certain foods.
- Support one great habit with another; Pairing increased, consistent physical activity with healthier eating habits can help sustain momentum on both fronts!
- Find yourself intimidated by new ingredients? Challenging yourself in the kitchen to integrate healthy ingredients into tasty meals can be your key to long-term success!

For more information on making the healthy choice, the easy choice, visit: hbdyc.org

In April, Resilient Yellowstone Community Health Workers (CHW) and Healthy By Design staff attended the national CHW Sustainability Summit. The summit offered recipients of CDC's Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities the opportunity to showcase their work and strategize together about how to continue CHW programs. Several Resilient Yellowstone CHWs shared a poster presentation with fellow attendees on their impact in Yellowstone County.

In the coming months, Healthy By Design will collaborate with CHWs and site leaders to strategize how to effectively communicate CHW impact and foster sustainable CHW systems within Yellowstone County, focusing on non-clinical CHW roles and workforce development.

For more information, visit: hbdyc.org/resilientYC

Photo Caption: Resilient Yellowstone Project Coordinator Amanda Zimmerman sharing information on Resilient Yellowstone at the CHW Sustainability Summit.

It was great to be a part of the Mobilize the MAGIC City art installation ribbon-cutting near McKinley Elementary!

Read this awesome article courtesy of Q2 News for more information on Terri Porta Fine Artist's sculpture and how inspiration came from local students!

Another step forward for public art in our community!

City unveils art project from Billings artist and McKinley Elementary students The city hopes to inspire its citizens by incorporating their ideas and work. 'Funky Frames' features quotes from local artists at the base of the installation.

Check out this video from Q2 News about the Gardeners' Market, WIC services, and learn more about one of our many, great vendors, King Family Farms!

King Family Farms prepping for another season of Gardeners' Market in Billings Starting on June 13, the Gardeners' Market, sponsored by Healthy by Design, will begin their 14th season of offering local, fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables at South Park.