There are decisions a city can reconsider. There are votes that can be reversed, ordinances that can be amended and plans that can be changed.
But once historic land is divided, rezoned and developed, what has been lost may never be recovered. That is why Hendersonville should pause the proposed disposition of the Bradford-Berry Estate.
This is not an argument against economic development. It is not an argument against restaurants, food trucks or private investment. Those things have their place in a growing city. The question is whether this is the place — and whether this is the time…