The Regional Economic Development Council is giving $6,009,961 to 16 St. Lawrence County projects.

That’s out of a $61.4 million total for 77 projects in the North Country region, which includes the county.

The largest sole grant is going to Hemo Medica in Massena. They will receive $1.6 million to create a new pharmaceutical business, purchase new equipment and a vacant building and upgrade it to a current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) production plant and lab.

Other winners include:

• Confluent Energies, Inc. in Ogdensburg will get $1,220,000 to establish 40 acres of greenhouses to grow leafy green vegetables using a hydroponic system. The produce will be sold to the market reachable by truck within 24 hours of the facilities, according to the governor’s office.

• The Village of Potsdam is slated to get $750,000 to renovate a water pollution control facility improvement project, which the governor’s office says "is at the end of its useful life."

• Potsdam-based LCDrives Corp. will get $500,000; phase 2 expansion; LC Drives is developing electric motors. To expand “manufacturing readiness,” LC Drives will upgrade pieces of equipment used in the testing of their motors, the governor’s office said.

• Jeffords Steel in Potsdam will receive $300,000 toward expanding their facility. The expansion will allow for new equipment, including cranes and other fabrication related machinery, and enable Jeffords to increase production by re-configuring the flow of material. This will also lead to the creation of 10 jobs.

• The City of Ogdensburg is getting two grants totaling $300,000. One is for $250,000 to renovate a damaged seawall and railroad bridge and complete a Complete Streets gap analysis to make the city more walkable. The city is also getting $50,000 to conduct planning, design and implementation of brand identity, logo design, and a Signage Master Plan for the Oswegatchie River Blueway Trail on behalf of river communities. A multi-layered signage system will be put in place to highlight natural features, history, and culture and to identify landmarks, facilities, services, downtowns and village centers.

• The Village of Massena will get $292,887 toward their local waterfront revitalization program and Water Street park enhancements. The village will prepare a Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) for its St. Lawrence and Grasse River waterfronts and construct Water Street Park enhancements. The LWRP will “guide waterfront development, explore connections to the downtown, restore ecological health of the Grasse River, and encourage use of waterways as recreational and economic development assets,” the governor’s office said. Park enhancements will include a bandshell, farmer's market pavilion, ADA bathroom and expanded parking lot.

• Clarkson University’s Shipley Center will get $250,000 to build a North Country Innovation Hotspot in Potsdam. The school’s president, Tony Collins, is a North Country Regional Economic Development Council co-chair.

• The Village of Canton will get $235,000 to install water and sewer pipes for the Maple Hill section. The public works will serve a banking operation and residential lots.

• The Town of Canton’s Riverside Renaissance project won $231,274. The town will use the cash to implement projects from the Canton Grasse River Waterfront Revitalization Plan. Projects include design of a whitewater park on the Grasse River, acquisition and redevelopment of a former brownfield for development of park parking, signage, traffic control, walkways, and a hospitality center in partnership with SUNY-Canton, and construction of a pedestrian pathway under U.S. Route 11 to connect the whitewater park to additional parking.

• The Village of Gouverneur is getting two grants totaling $125,000. Of that, $100,000 will pay for a villagewide inflow and infiltration study and complete an engineering report to identify sources of inflow and infiltration to the village's wastewater treatment plant. The other $25,000 will go to a hydroelectric upgrade and expansion feasibility study. The village and town will examine the options, requirements, and costs to upgrade the current hydropower system, including the 1928 generating facility, and expand power distribution into the town. Based on the results of the study, the two municipal bodies plan to create an efficient and effective micro-grid to service area needs for low cost, green power.

• $120,000 is going to the North Country Children’s Museum, which plans to revitalize an unoccupied building in Potsdam's historic downtown district, and to establish a permanent cultural and educational center for the organization.

• St. Lawrence NYSARC is slated for $55,800 to improving upon existing programs and services. They will also use the cash for “advocating programs more systematically to veterans and underprivileged community members offering solutions and opportunities to overcome employment barriers, and securing a future by collaborating with new businesses and entrepreneurs for workforce training and vocational skills that lead to long-term learning and employment,” the governor’s office said.

• The Village of Waddington will $30,000 for their sewer district to complete an engineering report to evaluate their wastewater collection and treatment system for improvements.

The complete list is at http://www.regionalcouncils.ny.gov