Wellington Green Park is a 10 acre parcel that was given to the city by the developers of the Mall at Wellington Green for civic purposes. It sits between the Hampton Inn and Lake Lisbet on the west side of the mall. It is one of the few remaining undeveloped parcels of land along Wellington's State Road 7 corridor.
Wellington Green Park was left untouched until 2010, when the village drained the land and planted Bermuda grass to for three multipurpose fields. The park was the home of the village's rugby and lacrosse teams until 2021. Today it is the only public park in western Palm Beach County without scheduled programming. Anyone can stop by for open play at any time. On the day I visited children were practicing soccer. There are no lights and the only restrooms are port a potties.
The city is contemplating letting this park go in favor of development. Wellington has agreed to sell Wellington Green Park to resolve a 2021 lawsuit with a developer who wants to build 200 luxury apartments on the site. Brefrank Inc. will purchase the park for $11 million and will give 22 acres of wetlands near the mall to the village to protect it from future development. Seven acres will be turned into a wetlands conservation park. Brefrank already owns the Axis apartments west of the mall. A planning council has identified this corridor has having the most potential to be developed into a walkable district with residences, office spaces and commercial areas for shops and restaurants.
The park is basically a field with no amenities other than a bench and a few soccer nets. With a name like Green Park I was expecting trees and plants and this park had neither. If the park is developed residents can still use Olympia and Greenbriar parks for open play. Wellington does not currently have a nature park and I think wetlands park would better suit the community than what is basically an open field. read more