About $1.75 million in state funds has been awarded for a Gouverneur senior center, an entrepreneurship “innovation hot spot” at Clarkson University and building renovations in Potsdam.

Funding has also been approved for new grain elevators in Ogdensburg, the Fort la Presentation program, invasive species eradication in Clifton and Fine, and job training in Ogdensburg.

The funds are part of $81.3 million in state funds awarded to the seven-county North Country Regional Economic Development Council this week in the third annual round of competitive regional funding proposals.

Total funds for St. Lawrence County-specific projects and programs amount to $1.75 million, about half a million more than was reported in our first story Wednesday.

Additional approved St. Lawrence County projects not reported earlier include:

• Clarkson University’s Shipley Center for Innovation will use $250,000 toward developing an entrepreneurship “innovation hot spot” in the North Country

• the Village of Potsdam will use $200,000 in New York Main Street funds to assist the owners of four mixed-use buildings to complete commercial and residential renovation projects, and perform streetscape enhancements in the village

• the towns of Clifton and Fine are receiving $67,500 to battle invasive species in local waterways and develop a regional recreational tourism marketing plan and a wilderness recreation branding strategy; work on waterfront, tourism, recreation and development strategies

• the Town of Canton will partner with towns along the Grasse River to spend $85,000 on a Blueway Trail Plan, promote the river corridor, create a boat launch in Pyrites, and plan a land-based trail

• the Ansen Corporation in the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority’s industrial park is to get $20,000 to train 120 workers.

Projects reported Wednesday include:

• the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority (OBPA), $225,000 through Empire State Development to upgrade two rail bridges there and install grain elevators to increase agricultural business capacity

• the Ansen Corporation circuit board facility in Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority’s industrial park is to get $100,000 to increase capacity there.

• the Village of Gouverneur will receive $30,000 to complete studies of upgrades to pumping stations

• for the Town of Gouverneur, $400,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds will be used for a new senior center, for which the town will donate the land and contribute another $600,000

• through the Department of State, the Canton Central School District is to receive $25,000 in money promised to help pay for a consolidation study with the Potsdam Central School District

• the Fort La Presentation Interpretive Trail project in Ogdensburg will get $352,650.

Among regional programs involving St. Lawrence County are:

• the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority (OBPA) is to receive $1,086,750 to administer a region-wide tourism effort aimed primarily at Canadians

• Ogdensburg will administer the use of a total of $50,000 in St. Lawrence and Jefferson counties, in partnership with the Towns of Oswegatchie, Canton, DeKalb and Fine, the villages of Heuvelton, Rensselaer Falls and Gouverneur and St. Lawrence County to prepare the Oswegatchie River Blueway Trail Development Plan, a strategy to develop and promote tourism, recreation and community development.

• the St. Lawrence County Arts Council and the North Country Children’s Museum, both based in Potsdam, are to receive $92,000 for cultural arts enrichment and interactive learning to residents of seven North Country counties, to include distance learning programs such as artists business development classes, technical training, grant writing courses, gallery tours, arts instruction, and STEAM K-12 interactive learning workshops.

• the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) will receive $59,200 for an Adirondack Regional Art Trail program in seven North Country counties including St. Lawrence.

• the ANCA is also getting $100,000 for an effort to establish a North Country “brand” for marketing purposes.

• Essex County Community Resources is to receive $1,939,668 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency for replicable pilot renewable energy programs in St. Lawrence, Franklin, Lewis and Essex counties.

The North Country Regional Economic Development Council, whose member counties are St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Franklin, Clinton, Essex and Hamilton, has been declared a “top performer” in the presentation of its plan for the third time in as many funding rounds.

Half of the 10 regional councils -- The North Country council, along with those from the Southern Tier, Mohawk Valley, the Capital Region, and Long Island -- were granted “top performer” status in this round of applications.

The largest single item in the North Country region’s allotment by far is $35 million for “Low Cost Economic Development Financing,” described this way: “Federal Industrial Development Bond (IDB) Cap will be made available for state and local government issuers to sell tax-exempt bonds for eligible economic development, infrastructure and community revitalization efforts.” This is channeled through New York government’s Empire State Development Corporation (ESD).

The allotment of another $9,794,580 through ESD is summarized as “Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits will be reserved for future projects including business investments in targeted industries that are within the region and that create or retain jobs, create capital investment and are consistent with the Strategic Plan.”

A new North Country Broadband Fund is slated to receive $6 million.

The Development Authority of the North Country (DANC) will have $1 million to give out agribusiness loans in the region.

In Saranac Lake, two hotel projects will receive a total of $7 million.