NewsLower Columbia team lives on SHARE ON: John Helm, staff Sunday, Mar. 30th, 2014 The Lower Columbia Community Development Team will live for another three years after a new deal with the Columbia Basin Trust.The agreement is worth $600,000 over that time, which is being split equally each year.Co-chair Mike Martin says the seven municipal and electoral areas in the region each have a representative and it’s important to note none are politicians.He says there are some difficulties between municipal governments in the region and they didn’t want that carried over into a non-partisan initiatve.The agreement comes after the group looked to be done for at the end of 2013 following the RDKB’s decision cut ties with economic development.