The Brooksville Vision Foundation has a new push in an effort to revitalize the city's downtown.
Brooksville residents and business leaders have been working for years to create short and long-term visions for the city. The latest push involves making the downtown corridor quieter and more friendly to bicycle and pedestrian traffic.
The main thrust of the latest effort is to bring more people to downtown Brooksville by eliminating some one-way streets and heavy truck traffic.
Foundation members favor making Broad and Jefferson streets more appealing to additional traffic by opening them up to two-way traffic. Also, the group wants to move noisy, commercial traffic out of town.
Eric Kessel, who owners a downtown Brooksville computer and networking firm, said he likes the idea of increasing pedestrian traffic.
"I'm for anything that revitalizes downtown, brings people down," Kessel said. "I think this community is a gem. I think there is a lot this community has to offer."
Brooksville city council members seem to be on board but that hasn't translated into any action.
Foundation members are now trying get the state Department of Transportation on board with the plan, which could help with funding. Costs of the project have not been determined.