All the town funds come from the downtown tax increment financing, or TIF, district, which has been subject of recent discord among some officials and residents. Related Skowhegan Indian sculpture has a new ownerEach grant application came to the board recommended by the town’s downtown TIF advisory committee and got nods of approval from most select board members. “When I see a TIF application come up to this board, I generally don’t think twice because I respect the work of the TIF committee.” Related Skowhegan board again rejects fund request for law firm with crumbling wallThe board ultimately rejected that application after reviewing it twice. Ongoing discussions about the TIF also led the board to recommend at June’s town meeting using some downtown TIF dollars to fund annual requests from community organizations whose work fit the criteria of TIF expenditures.