Nashville and Brown County residents and leaders have six to eight weeks to come up with a plan to wow the Stellar Communities state committee.

The City of Wabash is the only one of the six Stellar Community Grant finalists to be a repeat from the 2013 grant cycle. However, Mayor Robert Vanlandingham isn’t taking that as a sign of a sure thing for the city.

The cities of Decatur and Wabash are among the six finalists in Indiana's 2014 Stellar Communities program. The two winners, to be determined this summer, could be in line for millions of dollars to help with downtown development.

Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann named six Indiana communities Wednesday as finalists for the 2014 Stellar Communities Program, and Huntingburg was on the list.

Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann on Wednesday named six Indiana communities as finalists for the 2014 Stellar Communities Program. One of those communities is Nashville.

Bedford Mayor Shawna Girgis and Marla Jones, business and community development director, provided an update on the city’s various Stellar Communities projects Monday evening at the Bedford Chamber of Commerce meeting room.

Hopes are high in Huntingburg as the city goes for the Stellar Communities designation this year.

The City of Huntingburg is currently looking to install a new railroad overpass, new crosstown trailways and new housing downtown. With their recent application for the designation, they're hoping to fast-track these projects.

The Richmond Board of Public Works and Safety this week hired an Indianapolis firm to begin work on another Stellar Communities project in the city.