The biggest outlay for the county in the latest round of Regional Economic Development Commission grants, announced by Hochul on Tuesday, was $10 million for a new Town of Mina wastewater treatment facility and sanitary sewer collection system. It’s intended to reduce the phosphorus entering Findley Lake.

Another $3 million is going towards a collaboration between Jamestown Community College and the YMCA of Jamestown for a new community recreation center.

The $43 million project at Jamestown Community College will include space for the YMCA and includes shared smart classroom space for academic classes, tutoring, youth mentoring and community programming; conference rooms and office suites; two six-lane competition pools to accommodate JCC and YMCA swim teams and community open swim. Both pools will be American with Disabilities Act compliant and one pool will include adaptive equipment to serve those with disabilities; a sauna and steam room; two ADA competition gymnasiums to accommodate JCC athletics, YMCA leagues and community open gym; childcare facilities and services for infants to 5 year old children; areas for after-school and child care; a teen center, intergenerational center;family and universal locker rooms and public restrooms; a shared health and wellness center, program space, storage and outdoor area and two multi-use turfed fields to accommodate soccer (2), baseball (1), and softball (1).

The entire cost of the project is proposed to be $43,193,330. Of that amount JCC would be responsible for a little over $24 million. The YMCA would pay $19,189,293.Of JCC’s amount, 50% would come from the state, 25% would come from the county and the college would be responsible to raise the remaining 25% through its foundation.

Southern Tier Environments for Living got $1.2 million for the Gateway Lofts affordable housing project. The Gateway Lofts project is designed to transform the Gateway Center, the former Chautauqua Hardware factory, into a 110-unit, multi-family affordable housing complex, which will be anchored by supportive wrap-around services.

The $67 million project is a collaboration among Community Helping Hands, the YWCA of Jamestown, and STEL.

A new mixed-use development of apartments and business space for downtown Falconer was allocated $500,000. The applicant was Buffalo Business First Inc. Mixed-used projects on the site of buildings that were destroyed by fire on Main Street, Falconer, have been in the discussion phase for years but have struggled to garner state funding that is needed to make the projects financially viable.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jamestown, built in 1894, was awarded $500,000 for restoration and stabilization of its porch, stairs, roofing, ramp and interior plaster.

The Jamestown Center City Development Corporation got $450,000 for equipment to finish an exhibit at TheZone, an interactive indoor sports/STEM themed play space for children.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is pictured announcing housing grants to communities throughout the state on Tuesday. Hochul also announced Regional Economic Development Council grants, several of which are earmarked for Chautauqua County.

St. Susan Center, Inc., got $100,000 for new equipment at their charity kitchen in Jamestown.

The city of Dunkirk was awarded $1.6 million for a new Memorial Park amphitheater and welcome center.

Three creekbed restoration projects got significant grants. The Chautauqua County Soil and Water Conservation District got $573,540 for stabilization of 1,000 feet of Canadaway Creek’s banks. The district will also receive $143,680 for Cattaraugus Creek streambed stabilization in Hanover. Finally, the town of Mina grabbed $485,000 for a Buesink’s Creek project.

Another mixed-use development project, this one for the vacant School 10 (aka the industrial high school) on Lake Shore Drive East in Dunkirk, got $400,000. Arthur Page Company LLC was that project’s applicant.

The Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation received $180,000 for a project to inventory brownfield sites and create strategies for redevelopment.

Tuesday’s announcement also noted that the town of Cherry Creek is using $700,000 in Community Block Development Grant funds for upgrades to its water pollution control center.

Listing other Chautauqua County awards:

— Ripley Tool and Machine Co. got $81,000 for new equipment to improve productivity and efficiency

— Chautauqua Institution got $50,000 for redesigning websites.

— The town of North Harmony got $43,636 for an engineering design report to address erosion concerns resulting from an inadequate culvert near Cedar Avenue.

— The village of Fredonia got $37,500 for a study on rehabilitating or decommissioning its reservoir dam.

— Friends of the Chautauqua County Child Advocacy Program got $33,738 for capital improvements.

— Imagine Forestville Corporation got $20,000 for building reuse assessments in the downtown business district.

The Regional Economic Development Commission grants across the state total $123 million. Hochul’s office touted more than $100 million in this particular round for municipalities that signed her “Pro Housing Communities Pledge.”