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| Lewis County Projects Receive Over $2.1 Million in Latest Round of State REDC Awards December 21, 2019 09:30 a.m. By: Nick Altmire |
$761 million in economic and community development funding has been awarded through Round IX of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Since its inception in 2011, over $6.9 billion has been awarded to more than 8,300 projects that are projected to create and retain more than 240,000 jobs statewide through the REDC process. The funding is broken down across the 10 regional economic development areas of the state. Lewis County falls in the North Country region which also includes Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence counties. The North Country was awarded a total of $67.9 million to support 83 projects. There are nine total projects that fall entirely in Lewis County, receiving a total of $2,134,824. The Village of Lowville received the largest award, $1.6 million, for Phase II of the Wastewater Treatment Plant improvement project. Each Lewis County project receiving funding is included below. A full lists of projects receiving funding in the North Country region can be viewed here. |
| 2019 REDC North Country Awards Ceremony |