One area town will receive a share of more than $1 million in grants announced yesterday by Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.

The town of St. Paul on the Decatur and Shelby County line will receive a $50,000 comprehensive planning grant. The grants are meant to help communities identify needs in the areas of land use, government capacity, public services, placemaking, economic development, housing, transportation, agriculture, natural resources and historic resources.

Versailles also received a $50,000 planning grant.

Beckwith said that “Empowering communities produces private-sector growth and secures an even brighter future for Indiana.”

The money comes from Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development administered through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.