It looks like the Washington City Mission will land a $500,000 LSA grant after all. At the request of County Commissioners, the Local Share Account committee reconvened for a virtual meeting Wednesday morning to again consider the Mission’s grant request towards its women’s shelter project. The meeting lasted less than thirty minutes and ended with a unanimous vote on a motion to amend the original vote and add the project to its list of projects for approval. It now goes back to County Commissioners for a vote that is expected at their Thursday morning meeting. Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi says the project was on an initial list of 51 projects recommended by the LSA Committee for approval totaling $9.2 million but was then excluded from a list commissioners approved last month that totaled 50 projects and $8.7 million. Former, longtime Commissioner Diana Irey Vaughan (pictured) is now the President and CEO of the City Mission and took part in the the virtual meeting. She and others from the Mission answered questions from the board before the vote was taken. Irey Vaughan is thrilled that the project will land the funding. Maggi, who led the effort to get the project back to the LSA board, is also happy. He tells WJPA News the committee “did the right thing” but he also has concerns that what transpired will lead some to question the grant awarding process.