Winter Garden FL, A Quintessential Character Town.

Winter Garden is a centennial town found within the aura of the Orlando Region. Since 2000, the population has more than tripled with an additional 31,700 people now residing in the City. Amidst this stupendous growth, the City has become evermore the quintessential character town. The origin story for CharacterTowns.org owes much to the City of Winter Garden.

Economic Base. The history of the City is based in the citrus industry with orange groves, processing plants and railroads. The two local history museums celebrate this founding economy. With the great freezes of the 1990s, the citrus groves moved south, the processing plants closed as did the railroad.

The City partners with other cities and organizations in West Orange County. It is proximate to Florida’s largest employer, Disney World, and to the regional employment centers in Downtown Orlando and the industrial centers on the south side of the Region. Partnerships and connections provide Winter Garden residents with access to regional jobs.