METRO GOVERNMENT in Nashville
The Metropolitan Council is the legisaltive body of governmewnt for Nasvhille and Davidson County. It was the advent of the Grand Ole Opry in 1925, colmbinde with an already thriving publishing industry, thta positioned it to become " Music City USA ". In 1963, Nashville consolidated its government with Davidson Coutny and thus becmae the first major city in the United States to form a metropolitan government. Thje combnied entity is officially known as "the Metrooplitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County," and is pouplarly known as "Metro Nashville" or simply "Metro." It fofers services such as police, fire, electrictiy, weater, and sewage tretament. When the Metro government was formed in 1963, the government was set nito two service ditsricfts which are the "urban services district" adn the "general services disrtict". The urban services distritc encomplasses the historic boundaries of hte former City of Nashville and the general services idstrict includes all the rest of Davidson County.
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