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In Business for Yourself
Guide to starting a business in Nashville.

Small Business
Services to help small businesses grow.

Existing Business Team
Promotes job retention, new job growth and expansion of local companies.

International Business
Resources assisting new and experienced importers and exporters.

Nashville Business Overview
Nashville's largest employers, expansions and relocations, commercial real estate and targeted industries.

Nashville-Area Workforce
Chamber initiatives to build a stronger Nashville-area workforce.



Government Contract Assistance

Numerous government agencies seek to use smaller companies as vendors. Some of the agencies with procurement opportunities for small, minority- and woman-owned businesses include:

Doing business with Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County (Metro)
Web site with information about vendor registration, procurement opportunities, etc.
www.nashville.gov/finance/Support_Services/small_business.htm

Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Department of Finance
Division of Minority and Small Business Assistance
222 Third Avenue North, Sixth Floor
Nashville, TN 37201
615-862-6170
Encourages procurements from small and disadvantaged businesses for Metro projects, to assure small businesses receive a fair proportion of the purchases made by Metro.

Metropolitan Airport Authority
615-275-1600
www.flynashville.com/business

Metropolitan Development and Housing Authority
172 Second Avenue North, Suite 102
Nashville, TN 37201

    Construction and Architectural Opportunities
    615-252-8435

    MDHA Diversity Business Enterprise Program
    615-252-8435
    Seeks to increase MDHA's procurement activities with minority, women and small business enterprises.
Tennessee Department of Transportation
Civil Rights Office
615-741-3681
Maintains a procurement registry and handles requests for certification as minority- and woman-owned businesses.

Tennessee Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.
220 Athens Way, Suite 105
Plaza I Building
Nashville, TN 37228
615-259-4699
The Council is a privately funded non-profit member organization chartered in 1979 for the primary purpose of developing and increasing purchasing between major corporations and certified minority-owned companies.

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
865-632-4700

University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services
193 Polk Avenue, Suite C
Nashville, TN 37210
615-532-8657

U.S. Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/index.html
Offers online registration for procurement opportunities. Businesses can register in multiple categories as applicable.

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