More than 11,000 people attended the 29th Space & Missile Defense Symposium last week, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Batte told the City Council on Thursday.
And city officials are using it as an example of why the tax increment financing district is needed downtown to fund the $200 million Von Braun Center expansion, where the symposium was held.
The council approved the tax increment financing district – TIF 9 – last month…