Abita Springs Timber Company, LLC, (ASTC) owns 8,089 acres of prime, favorably zoned developable land in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, across Lake Ponchartrain from New Orleans and Metairie.

• The St. Tammany's population has swelled from 216,000 to estimates as high as 280,000 with the influx of Katrina evacuees and people who have moved to the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain. Although some may return to their origin, the population projection for 2010, in just 4 years, stands at 305,000, a jump of 60,000 over pre-storm estimates.
• The Louisiana State Department of Transportation is evaluating final alternatives for the new hurricane evacuation route of the planned 4-lane divided highway # 3241. The most likely of these highway options pass very near or directly over the ASTC land.
• The Parish of St. Tammany plans to expand the runway and hanger space and add an instrument landing system at the adjacent Abita Springs Regional Airport for commuter aircraft, near the planned federal interchange at interstate I-12 east of Mandeville.
• Abita Springs Timber Company, LLC, is soliciting joint venture proposals from experienced developers who have successfully designed and built environmentally sensitive, master planned communities. ASTC is ideally suited and zoned for a phased new master planned community, which would include multiple categories of residential communities, a light industrial park next to the Abita airport, a research park and campus, a commercial district, sewer and water utilities, police and fire stations, schools, parks, lakes, sports and recreational facilities, possibly a golf course, a "green" infrastructure, and nature conservation areas.
• The proposed St. Tammany Performing Arts Center, Equestrian Center, and Botanical Gardens is currently planned to be adjacent to ASTC.
• The St. Tammany School Board is building a new large senior high school on highway 1088 on land recently purchased from ASTC.