OGDENSBURG -- St. Lawrence Surgery is getting a $50,000 Main Street Revitalization grant from National Grid to expand its 305 Main St. office.

Upgrades to the 7,000-square-foot building include a new roof, complete interior redesign, exterior revitalization, landscaping and construction of an adjoining parking area.

Founded in 1999, St. Lawrence Surgery does general surgery in Ogdensburg and the surrounding area.

Because of a growing patient load and the addition of four independent surgeons in 2013, the practice relocated to the Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center campus.

A year later, they looked to further expand and landed on the long-vacant structure once occupied by a former printing company.

The initial cost estimate of renovations approached $1 million.

To help mitigate costs, Dr. Christopher Brandy of St. Lawrence Surgery met with John Pinkerton, Ogdensburg city manager and Patrick Kelly, executive director of the St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency, to determine available economic development assistance.

“We are happy we qualified for a National Grid Main Street Revitalization Program grant,” said Brandy. “This was a huge undertaking and the grant certainly helped us to manage our costs.”

National Grid’s Main Street Revitalization program provides matching grants aimed at the revitalization of critical Main Streets and commercial corridors in villages, towns and cities in National Grid’s service territory.

Application requests include the renovation and rehabilitation of commercial, industrial or mixed-use buildings under 100,000 square feet and development of pre-construction documents that advance an existing, community-accepted design plan, site preparation and construction of commercial or industrial adaptive re-use projects.

Of the total 7,000-square-foot space, St. Lawrence Surgery occupies 3,200 square feet. Additional surgeons, mid-level providers and administrative staff will be added to the group.

The remaining 4,000 square feet are leased to Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center and used for office space and patient care.