Charlie Bartsch

Charlie Bartsch is Director of Brownfield Studies at the Northeast-Midwest Institute, a public policy research organization based in Washington, D.C. Over the past twelve years, he has written numerous reports and other publications on various brownfield financing and reuse issues and strategies, including the pioneering Coming Clean for Economic Development; New Life for Old Buildings; Coping with Contamination: Industrial Site Reuse and Urban Redevelopment; and two annual reference resources, the Guide to Federal Brownfield Programs; and Brownfields “State of the States.” He most recently co-authored Financing Strategies for Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment and Recycling America’s Gas Stations.

He works closely with Congressional offices on brownfield issues, in conjunction with the Northeast-Midwest House and Senate Coalitions. Mr. Bartsch often testifies before Congress on issues of economic development, most recently on HUD brownfield financing innovations and brownfield tax incentives. In addition, Mr. Bartsch has advised the Chicago Brownfields Forum, and works with the NJIT Brownfields Team in EPA Region 2 to provide technical assistance information to pilot cities. He is chair of the National Brownfield Association’s Advisory Board, and he received the International Economic Development Council’s 2001 Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Service for his ten years of work on brownfield policies and legislation.

• Economic Development Strategic Planning
August 5-6 | San Francisco, CA

• Technology-led Economic Development
August 26-27 | Lansing, MI

• Workforce Development
September 23-24 | Columbus, OH

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