POTSDAM – The village hosts a meeting Monday to get input on priorities for redevelopment if an application for $10 million in grant money is approved.

The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday, May 23 in the board room at the Civic Center, 2 Park St.

The money would come from the North Country Downtown Revitalization Initiative through the North Country Regional Economic Development Council’s consolidated grant proposal in the next round of competitive regional grant awards.

The money would be used “to undertake a range of activities designed to revitalize and reinvigorate Potsdam’s historic downtown,” said Potsdam Planning and Development Office Director Fred Hanss in his meeting announcement.

“The program emphasizes using targeted investments to spur public and private investment in central business districts building on the growth spurred by the Governor Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Councils,” Hanss said. The council will recommend a community from its seven-county region to receive the entire $10 million award, one of 10 such awards in the next round of awards.

Residents, downtown business owners, property owners and local organizations are welcome at the meeting to make suggestions for the program’s focus area downtown.

“Downtown Revitalization Program grant funding is a highly flexible program that may be used for planning, undertaking capital projects such as streetscape enhancement as well as the cost of professional services” such as engineering and design, Hanss said.

More info: fhanss@vi.potsdam.ny.us or 265-1670.