The Hood River City Council plans to gather a committee to plan a pilot project to close a downtown street for a period of time during the summer to encourage more community gathering in the area. “Downtown open space” was set as a goal by the Council coming into the year. City Councilor Anna Cavaleri said it will be very important to get input from the business community, and Mayor Paul Blackburn echoed that. Councilor Ben Mitchell noted while he is favor of the effort, he wants feedback from people on whether they want the pilot program at all.