The City of Hood River has been awarded an Accelerated Mobility Playbook Technical Grant from City Thread, a national non-profit organization that aims to make communities safer and better connected through transportation.  The grant is to provide expert guidance, facilitating collaboration among local leaders and stakeholders, and connecting the City with a national network of peer communities working toward similar goals.  While the City of Hood River has no walking or biking master plan, active transportation has been a focus through several planning efforts, including the creation of a Safe Routes to School plan funded by the Oregon Department of Transportation.  Since the plan was accepted by City Council in 2022, nearly $10 million in funding has been raised for programs and infrastructure.  The grant will provide a strategy to assist with Safe Routes to School network implementation and project coordination, build effective community partnerships, and amplify public support for the program’s infrastructure improvements.