An extension request from the City of Washington for a $125,000 grant was not approved at least week’s Washington County Riverboat Foundation board meeting. Washington City Administrator Brent Hinson explains they initially requested an extension to June 30, 2017 for the grant to be used on the city’s new industrial park on the southwest side of town.

Foundation members stated during the meeting that the City could reapply for the grant, but Hinson explains they already have construction work under contract making that ineligible. The water main work along Highway 1 from the fairgrounds to West Buchanan is expected to start this year if the weather permits. They also anticipate having primary construction underway before the City could reapply. Hinson adds they are now requesting a grant extension to December 1, 2016.