A friend tipped me off to this.. and research led me to this..
Burnham is a biomedical nonprofit research institute. Disney lured them to FL for their new location from CA, and used Epcot, free of charge, as part of the deal. Quotes:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060824/news_1n24burnham.html
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/news_columnists/article/0,2820,TCP_24522_4948466,00.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/biotech/20060823-1054-bn23burnham2.html
Burnham is a biomedical nonprofit research institute. Disney lured them to FL for their new location from CA, and used Epcot, free of charge, as part of the deal. Quotes:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060824/news_1n24burnham.html
Burnham will receive $310 million in state and local money, land and a long list of perks over the next decade – among them free advertising on television and at Epcot at Walt Disney World, a $500,000 house for Burnham's visitors, golf club memberships and about $30 million in tissue donations from area hospitals.
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/news_columnists/article/0,2820,TCP_24522_4948466,00.html
As for the entertainment advantages of Orlando, Pruitt said "they even brought Disney into it. They offered them a Burnham exhibit at Epcot — how can you compete with that, or why would you?"
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/biotech/20060823-1054-bn23burnham2.html
Walt Disney's Epcot Center in Orlando has agreed to give Burnham free exhibit space where the institute can publicize its research. The advertising is estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars over 10 years.