Brooksville should soon be part of the Florida Main Street program, which, depending on how you look at it, is happening either 31 years too late or just at the right time.
A little history.
In 1985, the old business districts of Dade City and Brooksville were reeling from the spread of shopping centers and from the sudden devastating freezes of surrounding citrus groves.
A representative from a brand-new program called Florida Main Street met with leaders from both cities, telling them how the program could help revive their downtowns.
And that, the story goes, is when two long-similar towns went their separate ways.