New developments often meet resistance from a St. Tammany Parish Council wary of upsetting residents concerned about traffic, flooding and a change in neighborhood character.

That may have been what some Folsom residents wearing red "Make Folsom Rural Again" hats were betting on at the council's Nov. 6 meeting as they asked the council to stop a developer's request to change the zoning on 20 acres between Folsom and Covington in order to build 73 single-family homes in a gated subdivision with a clubhouse and sidewalks.

The suburban development would clash with the surrounding horse and cattle farms, some of the residents argued. It would displace wildlife and also increase the traffic load, they said.

“This would be an island amongst rural property," said Matt Garver, one of dozens of

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