The Greater Wellington Chamber was founded in 1996, one year after the establishment of the Village of Wellington. A group of local business professionals founded it. Our current president is Maureen Brennan.
In the early 1950s, Wellington, Florida, was a waterlogged part of the Everglades, purchased by New York businessman Charles Oliver Wellington as an investment for his Flying Cow Ranch.
With the 1953 creation of the Acme Improvement District, the land was drained, transforming it into fertile farmland, including the world’s largest strawberry patch (2,000 acres) and citrus groves.
Initially home to fewer than 100 people, the area saw growth as the Investment Corporation of Florida (ICOF) and Alcoa developed 7,400 acres into a planned community. By the 1960s, westward migration fueled further expansion.
