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The first phase of residential development occurred in the summer of 1996 with Celebration Village, West Village and Lake Evalyn ; this was followed by the North Village, South Village, East Village and Aquila Reserve and the final Artisan Park phases.

Disney CEO Michael Eisner took an especially keen interest in the development of the new town in the early days, encouraging the executives at Disney Development Company to " make history " and develop a town worthy of the Disney brand and legacy that extended to Walt Disney's vision of an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow ( EPCOT ).

DDC executives collaborated extensively with leaders in education, health and technology in addition to planners and architects to create the vision and operating policies for the town.