The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has purchased approximately 104 acres in Zachary on the south side of Mount Pleasant Road, west of U.S. 61, which it will use to expand the Port Hudson National Cemetery.

On September 22, 2011 Bill Jeansonne, CCIM, a commercial investment specialist with Saurage Rotenberg Commercial Real Estate, closed the sale of 103.814 acres west of US Hwy 61 on the south side of Mt. Pleasant Road.