BY ADAM ATKINSONNorth Country This Week

POTSDAM — The village is going after two different state grants to help fund a new comprehensive plan for the village.

The village board met July 15 and authorized Village Mayor Alexandra Jacobs Wilke to submit applications for the two grants, each of which require a local share.

“We are proceeding with two CFA proposals to fund our comprehensive plan,” Wilke said.

The first grant the board authorized the mayor to apply for is from New York State Department of State’s Smart Growth and Community Planning and Zoning Grant Program in the amount of $117,000.

Under the grant, the village would provide $13,000 from the general fund for the local share.

The board also authorized the mayor to submit an application for additional grant funding through the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Climate Smart Communities Grant Program in the amount of $104,000.

That grant would require a local share of $26,000 from the village’s general fund.

The second grant provides funding for communities to develop comprehensive plans which incorporate sustainability options, Wilke said.

“Both are good options. One has a slightly higher local match compared to the others but it just gives us a stop gap. And, I've' talked extensively with the state Department of State and others. There is nothing that precludes us from just applying to both and seeing what happens,” Wilke said.