The Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living may be closer to finding a permanent home.

The West Tisbury selectmen pledged their support this week for the center’s $400,000 state grant application to build a facility on a piece of land at the airport business park. The State Community Innovation Challenge Grant will be submitted through the town of Edgartown.

The center for living is devoted to the interests of elder care across the Island. If the grant is approved, the new building would also provide storage space for records for the Island towns.

The center for living currently runs a supportive day program for seniors at the Anchors in Edgartown and at the Tisbury Senior Center. Board member June Manning said yesterday that a permanent facility is badly needed.

“The supportive day program is very vital to seniors who are socially isolated, where their families have to work and they are alone all day. I’ve seen it make a remarkable difference,” she said.

Selectmen in all six Island towns are being asked to submit letters of support. The grant application is due Jan. 17.

At their meeting Wednesday, the West Tisbury selectmen took up a number of other business matters. Board members said they will ask town counsel to review a request from the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury to hook up to the town hall well sometime in the near future. The request is tied to the church capital campaign currently under way for an expansion project at the parish house; the current well is inadequate to meet any expanded use at the church. And the church, whose well meets the definition of a public water supply, apparently does not have enough room on its lot to put in a new well and still meet setback requirements.

Gary Montrowl, a member of the capital campaign committee who attended the meeting, said he had preliminary discussions with town health agent John Powers who had agreed to approach the state Department of Environmental Protection “to see if it’s something they’d consider.” Mr. Montrowl said the easiest option is to connect directly to the town hall well. “[Mr. Powers’s] sense I think was that the DEP was more inclined to look at the hook up here to the town hall,” Mr. Montrowl said. “We don’t have any other options.”

Selectmen received the request favorably, and said they would explore whether a shared well is possible. The church has offered to pay for all the relevant costs.

“We’ll find out for you and appreciate the fact that you want to make it cost neutral to the town,” said selectman Jeffrey (Skipper) Manter 3rd. “You have no opposition here and we’ll find out the legalities of what’s involved.”

The selectmen also voted to send plans to the Massachusetts Highway Department seeking permission to build a new sidewalk between the town hall and Alley’s General Store.

Town administrator Jennifer Rand said engineer Richard Barbini has advised the town that the state may not approve the plan because the sidewalk is off the property line.

“He does not believe the state is going to approve the sidewalk 10 feet off the property line,” Ms. Rand said.

Selectmen were unpersuaded.

“Let’s submit it and see what happens,” said selectman Cynthia Mitchell.

“I wouldn’t change it now, let them turn us down,” agreed selectman Richard Knabel.