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The group that promotes downtown Lombard is being encouraged to plan for its long-term financial future as it requests $50,000 in village funding for 2013. Lombard Town Centre is seeking the money to pay its executive director's salary and payroll taxes as well as expenses related to events such as the Spooktacular Fall Festival. "They've got to come up with either a method of permanently funding their own needs and balancing their own budget, or the village board has to take this on as a separate line item in its budget," said Dennis McNicholas, a member of the committee that is reviewing the request.