Editing Azalea Park, Florida (section)

==Services==

===Government services===
Azalea Park is served by the Orange County government. Police service includes the [[Orange County Sheriff's Office (Florida)|Orange County Sheriff's Office]] and the [[Florida Highway Patrol]]. Fire/EMS service is provided through [[Orange County Fire Rescue]]. Rural-Metro also provides EMS service in the area. The [[Florida Highway Patrol]] has its Orlando station just off of Semoran Boulevard ([[Florida State Road 436|State Road 436]]) and Lake Underhill Road.

The [[Florida Highway Patrol]], [[Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission]], [[Orange County Fire Rescue]] have their communications centers in Azalea Park. Both Orange County and the city of [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] have their [[Emergency Operations Center]]s in the area. The [[Florida Department of Transportation]], has an office in Azalea Park in the same building with the [[Florida Highway Patrol]]. This office houses construction offices as well as the Orlando RTMC.

Azalea Park is served by the [[Greater Orlando Aviation Authority]] with two airports. [[Orlando International Airport]] (MCO) to the south and [[Orlando Executive Airport]] (ORL) to the immediate western boundary.

===Hospitals===
The primary hospital in the area is AdventHealth East Orlando, owned and operated by [[AdventHealth]]. [[Orlando Regional Medical Center]] is less than three miles away and has Central Florida's only [[Trauma center|Level 1 Trauma Center]].

===Schools===
Schools within the neighborhood include Azalea Park Elementary School, Azalea Park Baptist School, Chickasaw Elementary School, Forsyth Woods Elementary School and [[Colonial High School]]. These schools have received average grades from the state in previous years.

[[Full Sail University]] is located just outside the physical boundaries.

[[Valencia College]] East is the closest public post-secondary institution to Azalea Park.

===Taxes, politics/government, utilities===
Property taxes in the area are set by the Orange County Property Appraiser. The 2010 mill rate was 4.4347. The sales tax was 6.5% and there was no state income tax.

It is located in [[Florida's 7th Congressional District]] and [[Florida's 9th Congressional District]], currently served by [[Stephanie Murphy]] (D) and [[Darren Soto]] (D) respectively, in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. The state is served by [[United States Senate|Senator]]s [[Marco Rubio]] (R) and [[Rick Scott]] (R).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/FL/7|title=Florida's 7th Congressional District - FL-07 Representatives & District Map|website=GovTrack.us|language=en|access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/FL/9|title=Florida's 9th Congressional District - FL-09 Representatives & District Map|website=GovTrack.us|language=en|access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref>

The area is governed by [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]], led by [[Orange County Board of County Commissioners]], which is headed by Mayor [[Jerry Demings]].

Utilities in the area are provided by [[Orlando Utilities Commission]] on the northwest side of the community (north of Lake Underhill Road and west of Forsyth Road. The areas south of Lake Underhill Road but north of Curry Ford Road, and north of Lake Underhill Road and east of Forsyth Road, are handled by Orange County Utilities (water and solid waste) and [[Florida Power & Light]] or [[Progress Energy Inc]].