November General Membership Meeting
Dutch's Daughter, Frederick, MD
Date: November 20, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Location: Dutch’s Daughter, 581 Himes Ave, Frederick, MD 21703
Join IRWA Chapter 14 for our Fall General Membership Meeting and Luncheon, featuring Brenda A. Fuller, MSM, Director of Real Property for the Maryland Transit Administration’s Purple Line Project.
Brenda will provide an insightful overview of the Purple Line project, highlighting key right-of-way challenges, lessons learned, and best practices from one of Maryland’s most complex transportation initiatives.
Tickets: $35 for members | $40 for non-members
Please RSVP on the Chapter website by November 17, 2025.
Time: 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Location: Dutch’s Daughter, 581 Himes Ave, Frederick, MD 21703
Join IRWA Chapter 14 for our Fall General Membership Meeting and Luncheon, featuring Brenda A. Fuller, MSM, Director of Real Property for the Maryland Transit Administration’s Purple Line Project.
Brenda will provide an insightful overview of the Purple Line project, highlighting key right-of-way challenges, lessons learned, and best practices from one of Maryland’s most complex transportation initiatives.
Tickets: $35 for members | $40 for non-members
Please RSVP on the Chapter website by November 17, 2025.
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Dutch's Daughter Address:
President's Corner.
Shaun McClain, SR/WA, RW-AMC
President, Chapter 14
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Open Letter to Chapter 14Welcome to the relaunch of The Potomac Pipeline and the start of a new IRWA Chapter 14 year! As we turn the page and begin a new season, I want to take a moment to thank each of you for being part of this chapter’s continued story.
I especially want to extend my sincere gratitude to my friend and our outgoing President, Tiara McCray. Under Tiara’s leadership, Chapter 14 grew by remaining active, energized, and focused. Her work has helped lay the foundation for the year ahead, and I’m thankful for her continued presence as a leader and mentor in our community. As we look forward, I’m excited about what this chapter can accomplish together. We’ve already got big things planned — including the Fall Forum in Annapolis and our always-popular Crab Feast — but it’s the everyday involvement of our members that truly keeps us moving. Whether you’re a long-time member or brand new to the Chapter, I encourage you to get involved. Join a committee. Step into a volunteer role. Help shape events or offer to contribute an article. Let’s make this a year of connection, growth, and purpose. Thank you for being a part of it. — Shaun McClain, SR/WA, R/W-AMC President, IRWA Chapter 14 |
Right of Way Magazine & Infrastructure News.
COVER STORY: From Field to Inbox
- Building Trust in ROW negotiations via email and text
Introduction: Technology Isn’t Replacing Us — It’s Reframing UsRight of way (ROW) professionals have long understood the value of presence. There’s a reason why "truth-walking" a parcel with a landowner builds more trust than a dozen emails. The in-person handshake, the eye contact, the shared weather and geography — they all speak louder than words. And yet, the field realities we face — remote locations, tight timelines, regulatory layers and digital operations — demand that we adapt.
Negotiation by email, and increasingly by text, is no longer just an alternative. It’s part of the new baseline. The question isn’t whether digital negotiation is "good" or "bad" it’s how to make it work for us.
Click on the magazine image or the link below for the FULL ARTICLE
November/December 2025 IRWA Right of Way Magazine
FULL ARTICLE HERE
- Building Trust in ROW negotiations via email and text
Introduction: Technology Isn’t Replacing Us — It’s Reframing UsRight of way (ROW) professionals have long understood the value of presence. There’s a reason why "truth-walking" a parcel with a landowner builds more trust than a dozen emails. The in-person handshake, the eye contact, the shared weather and geography — they all speak louder than words. And yet, the field realities we face — remote locations, tight timelines, regulatory layers and digital operations — demand that we adapt.
Negotiation by email, and increasingly by text, is no longer just an alternative. It’s part of the new baseline. The question isn’t whether digital negotiation is "good" or "bad" it’s how to make it work for us.
Click on the magazine image or the link below for the FULL ARTICLE
November/December 2025 IRWA Right of Way Magazine
FULL ARTICLE HERE