Does anyone know or care to speculate about which comes first: the development of Brownwood or the housing that will surround it? Because of its location in the extreme southwest corner of TV, it would seem to be a problem either way. If they build the townsquare first then there will be no residents in the immediate area and the merchants will suffer. However, if they first build the housing in the immediate area, then they might have a hard time to sell the houses since it will be a long ride for the residents to get to Sumter Landing for any townsquare activity.
My speculation is that they will start to build houses just south of 466A by Buena Vista concurrent with the start of Brownwood construction. Then, after Brownwood is completed they will fill in with houses closer to it. That way the initial residents south of 466A will still be reasonably close to Sumter until "their" townsquare opens. If this is correct, then the start of Brownwood will not be until after all of the area north of 466A is completed.
Because of this chicken/egg scenario, I still can't figure out why they decided to place Brownwood where they did. It would seem to be much better to put it in a more central location - perhaps between Morse and Buena Vista just south of 466A. The only thing I can think of is that they want to appeal to residents outside of TV more. Or, there may have been pressure from the county to place it in an area that is more accesible to county residents.
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