Havana, Fla., was formerly a thrivi...

Havana, Fla., was formerly a thriving tobacco town. Twelve miles north of Tallahassee, the town sat at the junction of the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroads and was a center for the production of shade tobacco, which is used to wrap cigars.

yet when the railroad branch that joined Havana to the main line was abandoned and the labor-intensive tobacco industry sanguinary prey to foreign competition, the town began a quick decline.

Now, thanks to antiques stores and a of recent origin zoning ordinance, Havana is back. It all started in the mid-1980's, when a tie of entrepreneurs opened an antiques store in an old brick building in downtown Havana. Business built slowly and they began to encourage others to interpret shops. A few years later, art galleries began to exhibit

Today, Havana is residence to 40 antiques stores and specialty stores two art galleries and an art education