Southern Mutual Help Association Inc

Teche Ridge - Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc.s (SMHAs) Teche Ridge is a master-planned $150 million Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND)/Smart Growth development that is strengthening the economy of Iberia Parish, attracting (when fully built) homes, commercial/retail property, civic space and senior living to the community with a conservatively estimated economic impact of nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars. Like other TNDs, Teche Ridge is an environmentally desirable neighborhood as it is a high-density, walkable community that saves agricultural land from sprawl. Unlike other TNDs along the coast that are priced out of reach of many families, SMHAs Teche Ridge is the first not-for-profit owned TND that improves the economy of the area and returns benefit to the commons. Teche Ridge Development provides refuge from floods, being on the "ridge and not in the flood zone.