Relocate Your Family

Getting Established

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• Real Estate (properties for rent and purchase)

  View a listing of Chamber members in the following industries:

  • Real Estate Agents & Brokers
  • Apartment Leasing 

• Moving Services

  View a listing of Chamber-member moving services.

• Taxes

  Tennessee has no personal income tax and a state sales tax of 9.25 percent. Please visit our tax page to review more property tax information.

• Cost of Living

  Nashville residents enjoy a low cost of living. View a chart comparing Nashville's cost of living with other large U.S. cities.

• Crime Rate

  The goal of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is to make Nashville the safest large city in the country. Please visit the MNPD web site to view an interactive crime map of the city.

• Electricity

  County	City	Provider	Phone
  Davidson	Nashville	Nashville Electric Service	615-736-6900
  Cheatham	Ashland City Kingston Springs	Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation Dickson Electric	615-792-5651 615-446-9051
  Dickson	Dickson	Dickson Electric	615-446-9051
  Maury	Columbia Mt. Pleasant Spring Hill	Columbia Power System Mt. Pleasant Power System Duck River Electric Membership Corporation	931-388-4833 931-379-3233 684-4621
  Montgomery	Clarksville	Clarksville Dept. of Electricity Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation	931-648-8151 931-645-2481
  Robertson	Springfield White House	Springfield Electric Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation	615-384-6770 615-384-5566 615-672-7066
  Rutherford	LaVergne Murfreesboro   Smyrna	Nashville Electric Service Middle TN Electric Membership Corporation Murfreesboro Electric Department Middle TN Electric Membership Corporation Middle TN Electric Membership Corporation	615-736-6900 615-893-7570 615-893-5514 615-893-7570 615-459-5261
  Sumner	Gallatin Hendersonville Portland Westmoreland White House	Gallatin Dept. of Electricity Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation Nashville Electric Service Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation	615-452-5152 615-452-3703 615-736-6900 615-325-4172 615-666-2111 615-672-7066
  Williamson	Brentwood Franklin	Nashville Electric Service Middle TN Electric Membership Corporation	615-736-6900 615-794-3561
  Wilson	Lebanon Mt. Juliet	Middle TN Electric Membership Corporation Middle TN Electric Membership Corporation	615-444-1323 615-754-1213

• Natural Gas

  County	City	Provider	For service
  Davidson	Nashville	Nashville Gas Company	615-734-1793
  Cheatham	Ashland City	Nashville Gas Company	615-734-1793
  	Kingston Springs	Greater Dickson Gas Authority	615-441-2830
  Dickson	Dickson	Greater Dickson Gas Authority	615-441-2830
  Maury	Columbia	United Cities Gas Company	615-771-8300
  	Mt. Pleasant	Mt. Pleasant Gas System	931-379-3240
  	Spring Hill	United Cities Gas Company	615-771-8300
  Montgomery	Clarksville	Clarksville Gas & Water Department	931-645-7400
  Robertson	Springfield	Nashville Gas Company	615-734-1793
  	White House	Nashville Gas Company	615-734-1793
  Rutherford	LaVergne	Nashville Gas Company Smyrna Gas	615-734-1793 615-355-5740
  	Murfreesboro	United Cities Gas	615-771-8300
  	Smyrna	Town of Smyrna	615-355-5740
  Sumner	Gallatin	City of Gallatin Public Works	615-452-5400
  	Hendersonville	Nashville Gas Company	615-734-1793
  	Portland	Portland Natural Gas	615-325-6776
  	White House	Nashville Gas Company	615-734-1793
  Williamson	Brentwood	Nashville Gas Company	615-734-1793
  	Franklin	United Cities	615-771-8300
  Wilson	Lebanon	Lebanon Gas Department	615-443-2835
  	Mt. Juliet	Nashville Gas Company	615-734-1793

• Water & Sewer

  County	City	Provider	Phone
  Davidson	Nashville	Metro Water Services Harpeth Valley Utilities District	615-862-4600 615-352-7076
  Cheatham	Ashland City	Ashland City Water & Sewer Department Harpeth Valley Utilities District	615-792-4211 615-352-7076
  Dickson	Dickson	City of Dickson	615-441-4188
  Maury	Columbia Mt. Pleasant Spring Hill	Columbia Water System Mt. Pleasant Water System City of Spring Hill	931-388-2419 931-379-7717 931-486-2252
  Montgomery	Clarksville	Clarksville Gas & Water Department	931-645-7400
  Robertson	Springfield	Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County	615-893-7225
  Rutherford	LaVergne Murfreesboro Smyrna	City of LaVergne Public Works City of Murfreesboro Town of Smyrna	615-793-9891 615-890-0862 615-355-5740
  Sumner	Gallatin Hendersonville Portland White House	City of Gallatin City of Hendersonville City of Portland Town of White House	615-451-5922 615-822-1016 615-325-6776 615-672-4110
  Williamson	Brentwood Franklin	City of Brentwood City of Franklin Harpeth Valley Utilities District	615-371-0080 615-794-4572 615-352-7076
  Wilson	Lebanon Mt. Juliet	City of Lebanon West Wilson Utility District	615-444-6300 615-754-2552

• Waste Management Services

  Metro Nashville Public Works provides garbage pickup to the majority of the Metro Nashville/Davidson County area. To find out what route your neighborhood is on, please visit www.nashville.gov/routelookup. You also can contact Public Works directly at www.nashville.gov/pw/talktous.htm.

  If your neighborhood is not within Metro Public Works' service area, you must establish garbage pickup through an independent company. You can find a list of independent waste management companies serving the Nashville area through the online Yellow Pages.

• Cable/Satellite Television

  To establish cable television service within Nashville/Davidson County, contact Comcast at 615-244-5900.

  To establish satellite television service, contact AT&T at 888-757-6500.

• Internet Service Providers

  AT&T (DSL)	888-321-2375
  Comcast	615-244-5900
  Clearwire	888-253-2794

• Telephone Service Providers

  Please note: The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce does not provide local telephone books. You will receive a telephone directory upon establishing home phone service. To order a phone book, call 800-682-4000.

  AT&T	888-757-6500
  Comcast Digital Voice	615-244-5900
  Verizon	800-483-5000
  TelCove	615-263-1140
  ICG Telecom Group, Inc.	615-251-4440
  Qwest Communications	800-860-1020
  MCI Telecommunications	800-539-2000
  Sprint Communications	800-877-2000
  US LEC of TN	800-978-7532

  You also may want to view the list of Chamber-member wireless service providers.

• Voter Registration

  For more information on voter registration, and to download a mail-in application for voter registration, please visit http://nashville.gov/vote.

• Vehicle Registration

  For information on obtaining a Tennessee license plate, please visit http://www.tennessee.gov/revenue/vehicle.

• Tennessee Driver's License

  A Tennessee driver's license is issued by the state Department of Safety and must be obtained within 30 days of establishing residency. Visit the Tennessee Department of Safety web site for more information.

• Newspaper Subscription

  The Tennessean is the largest daily newspaper serving the Nashville area. To establish newspaper delivery, subscribe online.

• Library Card

  Library cards are free to all residents of Davidson County and those living within the Goodlettsville city limits. To obtain a library card, you must present an I.D. with your current address (call 615-862-5790 for details). Cards are also available to nonresidents for $40 per year. Please visit the Metro Public Library web site for more details.

• Houses of Worship

  The Nashville area features a diverse religious community, with more than 750 houses of worship and 60 different denominations. Faiths represented include Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Unitarianism, Judaism and others.

  View a list of Chamber-member churches.