‘From a D to an A’: Watervliet’s new approach for a $10M state grant

‘From a D to an A’: Watervliet’s new approach for a $10M state grant

WATERVLIET, N.Y. — A Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) grant from the state would greatly benefit Watervliet, as it would any city, but Mayor Charles Patricelli and General Manager Melissa Cherubino said they won’t be sunk without it. “This whole application process is not just the end goal being the grant — which is what, really, we want — but actually being a plan,” Patricelli said. “Regardless if we get it, we don’t get it, whatever it…