Creston and other communities across the Columbia Basin will be able to strengthen their response to climate change through funding from the Columbia Basin Trust for projects aimed at creating resilient, adaptive outdoor spaces. The trust is investing nearly $670,000 to support nine projects through the Climate Adapted Community Spaces Grants program. These projects will span the basin area helping communities make parks, green spaces and streets safer and more resistant to changing climate conditions. The town of Creston will receive $69,000 to develop a new storm water retention pond in ʔak̓uǂni Park. The pond will capture that water and gradually return it to the ground, using natural filtration processes to help improve water quality along the way.