National Grid announced a series of six grants Monday across Erie, Niagara and Chautauqua counties totaling more than $2 million.
On Buffalo’s East Side, two Northland Avenue projects — 741 and 777 Northland Ave. — are receiving $750 million for brownfield cleanup and remediation.
The Lipsey Architecture Center inside Buffalo’s Richardson Olmsted Campus will use just over $300,000 to transform a vacant building into a mixed-use site with an architectural gallery, visitor center and community gathering place.
In Niagara Falls, the historic — but long-vacant — Hotel Niagara will see just over $300,000 to bring hotel and meeting space back into the building.
And nearly $400,000 in investment in Maplevale Farms in Falconer will help keep 200 jobs and create 23 more.