The Martin Porsperity Institute held the Salon Camden — Midland at the Quest Gallery within the Midland Cultural Centre. As part of this international series, eleven invited specialists — both locally from Toronto and surrounding regions joined Howard Rideout (the architect of the Midland Cultural Centre), and Kevin Stolarick from the Martin Prosperity Institute to discuss the creative economy in small towns and its roll in the creation of prosperity for these regions. This event sprung from the release of the Martin Prosperity Institute report, “Benchmarking the Creative Economy in Rural Ontario” which sited Midland as one of the five case study towns within Ontario.