Sam Shoge
Development, economic development, and community engagement experience, including helping establish Main Street Chestertown.
About Causeway
We bring practical experience to the places you are shaping.
We work with developers, property owners, Main Street programs, tourism teams, and short-term rental operators who need clear advice and useful deliverables.
Causeway is a real estate development advisory and design studio based in Easton, Maryland, serving the Eastern Shore. It operates as a trade name of Rivers & Roads, LLC. We connect feasibility analysis and concept design with space repositioning, branding, marketing, and community engagement. Our team brings hands-on experience in development, property operations, Main Street leadership, and short-term rental marketing.
Clients leave with a clearer understanding of their options and practical materials to support the next decision. Depending on the assignment, that may include a financial model, a design concept, a marketing strategy, or materials for community conversations and planning commission or historic district review. We work alongside existing teams to keep those deliverables connected to the project’s budget, market, and next steps.
Our approach
We are confident, thoughtful, warm, and commercially grounded.
We respect the money, time, and local knowledge already invested in a project. Our role is to help clarify the opportunity and contribute work that the team can use.
Based on the Eastern Shore, Causeway combines development thinking, design, and communication in a scope that fits the assignment.
Meet the team
Get to know the people who will work alongside you.
Ross Benincasa
Development and short-term rental ownership experience, alongside former leadership of Discover Easton and its Main Street work.
Jodie Schram
Marketing and communications experience spanning vacation rentals, construction, real estate, and historic redevelopment.
How we join your team
Start with a clear role and a shared understanding of the work.
We can help before a project team expands or contribute alongside the architect, engineer, staff, and partners already involved.
- Define the decision and the deliverables.
- Agree who contributes and who decides.
- Keep recommendations connected to implementation.
Let’s talk through your project.
Tell us what you are considering, where things stand, and what you need to decide next.