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Also this hour: We talk with Space Center Houston's longtime President and CEO Richard Allen. He’s overseen the center for 20 years and will retire next spring. We discuss the history of the non-profit museum and its impact on Houston as a major tourist destination.
Then: Houston Matters’ Edel Howlin walks us through the complex funding models known as tax increment reinvestment zones or “TIRZes.” We learn how they’re used to fund neighborhood improvements, why new TIRZes are springing up and why some think that’s ultimately a bad idea.
On this Veterans Day, we learn about the Harris County Veterans Treatment Court, which has helped rehabilitate more than 170 military veterans who committed felonies in the last six years. And we hear stories from three Vietnam veterans who are also well-known authors. They visited Houston recently to share stories inspired — in part — by their war experience.