Think for a moment about what it might take to attract, grow and retain a business in Maryland’s outer reaches. Consider a trendy locale located on a major interstate on the Eastern Shore, like Easton; or Southern Maryland, a three-county region with several well-populated suburbs; or the growing small city of Hagerstown, in Western Maryland. It can be tough to connect to these places from Washington, D.C., and Maryland’s corridor for reasons including distance, distance and distance.