. >> good evening, commissioners, my name is charlie veron, i'm an artist and residence at the marsh, i worked at the marsh for 21 years, i've taught at the marsh, performed at the marsh, directed at the marsh and have worked as the extra pair of eyes and ears on other shows at the marsh. the marsh has been my artistic home, the marsh has been the foundation of my career. if you count up all the audience members who have attended my shows over the 20 years, the shows i have performed and directed and helped with, we're talking about 100 thousand audience members. this makes the marsh, and then you look at other shows, bryan copeland show, not a genuine black man, don read shows, we're talking about huge, huge numbers of people, the marsh is a cultural center, it is also an economic hub of the mission district, it is part of what is making the mission district economically successful. so, i think it behooves us when a big project wants to come next door to something that's working to ask, would what's working continue to work or would it be adversely affected? that's what's before you