Letter from William Frese, 15 Channel Center, Boston, requesting that the City Manager work with Trinity Property Management to postpone the eviction deadline for the tenants of the EMF building

My name is William Frese & 1 am a visual artist & musician I have been working in the EMF Building since occupancy in 2007. I attended the school of the museum of fine arts & Tufts & without the comradely & insights of many of the artists who are part of EMF, my graduation would not have been possible. (ATRESS= 15 CHANNE CENTER SE DZZI0) I greatly appreciate the opportunity to speak here today. My intent is to ask of The City Manager to work with Trinity Property Management towards the goal of postponing the April 30th 2018 eviction deadline for 1 Ulthe creative small businesses working within The "EMF" Building located - at110-120 Brookline Street. I use the term "Creative Small Business's" because the term "Tenant" does not describe accurately OUR vibrant, diverse, cultural collective that has flourished within the EMF building since 2007. It is a community of Musicians, artists, teachers & at the core of the building, New Alliance Productions Recording facility. New Alliance has been Boston/Cambridge's premier recording & mastering studio since 1987. Their successful audio- engineer intern program has provided hands on access to young independent engineers & also, provided valuable credit for students enrolled in many of Boston's music colleges. Many of their musician clients have gone onto national success & even word wide notoriety. The logistics to move these small creative businesses into a space with minimal downtime, are many. The logistics involved to move The New Alliance recording facility is a task even Sisyphus would find daunting. If "Difficulties do indeed give us the opportunity to show our greatness by ; I respectfully petition the City Manager of Cambridge of overcoming them" Et The Arts Council to break this deplorable cycle of urban development that inevitably leads to cultural displacement. Postpone the eviction deadline & work with our EMF Collective leaders to find a new location for our creative small business's. Thank You IF ARISS ARE DOT HOCUOTE @THALE WE FOPORAVES MAN, ON TIMEDO T.Y.