Interesting Article on Disney
>Given the loss of Walt and his keystone project
EPCOT was supposed to become a real CITY where new advances were tried out, i.e., new technology, new government, new advances in all engineering and philosophies. The Disney Institute was a pale attempt by Eisner to do something along those lines, So in essence the purpose for the Reedy Creek Development District was never fulfilled and it very well may be the "Keystone" to Florida dissolving their special status. I speculate there was a 50 year moratorium from the opening of EPCOT to it being changed written into the original agreement somewhere. 1970-2020,
https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20200820/29148/disney-institute-inside-eisners-intellectual-gamble-rethink-walt-disney