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Artists (from left) Raber Umphenour, Jenni Katajamaki, Bill Frese, Jim Shea, and Ryuji Suzuki are not happy with a new fabrication facility Ops-Core, which makes military helmets, that operates at Midway Studios, a building in Fort Point designed as live-in studios for artists.

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David Rogers, who is an executive in a helmet-making company, Ops-Core, that has been working to create a production facility inside what was once a nonprofit theater. This plan is now at the center of a dispute with the artists who live in the building.

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Rogers with the helmets his company produces.

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A rehearsal of "Merchant of Venice" at Midway Studios in Boston on Oct. 23, 2008. The theater is now a production facility.

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Artist Raber Umphenour and Jenni Katajamaki next to doors that once led to a theater that has been turned into a fabrication facility.

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The Boston Redevelopment Authority held a community forum on March 13 with residents from Midway Studios and officials from Keen Development Corp. and Ops-Core, to deal with health and safety concerns residents have around manufacturing use taking place in the residential building.

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Kairos Shen, director of planning at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, addressed the meeting.

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Midway Studio resident Claudia Ravaschiere expressed her concerns during the meeting.

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Midway Studio resident Ryuji Suzuki displayed photographic evidence illustrating his concerns during the meeting.

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Residents Kippy Goldfarb, Claudia Ravaschiere, Liliana Folta, and Juan Jimenez responded during the meeting.

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Scott Dumont, of Keen Development Corp., addressed the meeting.

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Midway Studios residents Nick Ortolino, Raber Umphenour, and Juan Jimenez watch as the meeting progresses.

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Jason Pechinski of Fort Point Arts Community addressed the officials at the meeting.