Organize Your Move to/from Rochester MN

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Check List for Moving into a New Home

Moving Van (reserve early!):
Ace World Wide Moving 288-3341 or 1-800-533-1704
Rochester Transfer and Storage (Allied Van Lines) 289-4515 or 800-622-4515.
A-1 Moving and Storage (United Van Lines) 281-5008 or 800-950-5007.
Metcalf Moving and Storage (Mayflower) 288-5255 or 800-356-7996.
Lochner's Moving Inc. (Paul Arpin Van Lines, Inc) 282-5694 or 800-769-3005.
S&S Moving and Storage (North American) 289-0779 or 800-593-0779.
Royal Economy Moving 507-288-9501.
Keefe Transfer Inc. 289-4373.

Self Moving Options
U-Haul Truck Rental 507-288-0633, 507-280-0753, 507-289-6832.
Clements Truck Rental 507-285-4777, 800-657-6989.
Ryder Truck Rental 507-281-3856, 507-285-0643, 507-288-3401.

Utilities:
Telephone: Setting Up Phone Service or US West Communications 1-800-244-1111.
Electricity: Rochester Public Utilities 280-1500 (Rochester proper).
People's Cooperative Power Association 288-4004.
Natural Gas: MN Energy Resources 1-800-889-9508.
Cable: Charter Communications 1-800-581-0081.
Newspaper: Rochester Post Bulletin 285-7600.
Waste Management of Rochester 282-2420.

Change Your Address:
Use the Change of Address Order Form to tell the Post Office of your move. Can be done anytime up to 2 days prior to your move. Change of address form

Give your mailers your new address:
.Friends and family members
.Banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions
.Charge card and credit card companies
.Doctors, dentists, and other service providers
.State and Federal Tax authorities and any other government agencies as needed.

You can do this by sending them Address Notifications or, for magazine publishers and business mailers, by following their change-of-address instructions.

Update Your Drivers License:
If your coming in from out of state you need to apply in person at the Driver License Exam Station - 506 1st Avenue NE - (507)-285-7412.

If your moving from a different address from within Minnesota you can also apply at the Government Center on the corner of 4th Street SE and 3rd Avenue SE.

Schools:
Rochester Public Schools
Rochester Public Schools enrollment/moving information 285-8583.
Pre-Schools/Daycare
Aldrich Memorial Nursery School, 855 Essex Parkway NW, 289-3097.
Bethany Nursery School , 1835 19th Avenue NW, 289-2889.
Buttonwood School Inc., 400 13th Avenue SE, 288-6150.
Child Care Resource & Referral Inc., 2116 Campus Drive SE, 287-2020.
Children's Home Society of Minnesota Child Care Programs 2645 North Broadway, 282-7809.
Children's Place, 3703 55th St. NW, 289-0811.
Children's World Learning Centers:
1815 Greenview Place SW, 287-0747
402 14th Street NW, 282-5676.
Civic League Day Nursery, 427 6th Avenue SW, 282-5368
Five Senses Montessori Preschool, 559 20th Street SW, 282-5105.
Just For Kids, 1312 7th Street NW, 281-2151.
Kids Come 1st Children's Centers 2450 Highway 63 North, 281-8183.
Kids Tree House CEN Inc., 1730 37th Street NW, 281-4196.
Kingdom Kids, 282-4840.
Music with Connie Jelatis Hoke, 2830 18th Avenue NW, 287-8111.
Rochester Area Family "Y" (Y-Tots Preschool), 709 1st Avenue SW, 287-2260.
Rochester Montessori School, 400 5th Avenue SW, 288-8725.
Victory Christian Academy, 606 36th Avenue SE, 289-3834.
Private Schools
Faith Christian School, 4016 28th Street SE, 289-8094.
Greene Valley Seventh Day Adventist School, 7240 Dresser Drive NE, 282-7981.
Holy Spirit Grade School, 5455 50th Avenue NW, 288-8818.
Lourdes High School, 289-3991.
Rochester Central Lutheran School, 2619 9th Avenue NW, 289-3267.
Rochester Montessori School, 400 5th Avenue SW, 288-8725.
Rochester off Campus Alternative School, 1001 5th Street NW, 282-3325.
Rochester Pentecostal School, 420 11th Avenue SE, 288-4342.
St Francis Catholic School, 318 11th Avenue SE, 288-4816.
St John's Catholic School, 424 West Center Street, 282-5248.
St. Pius X Catholic School, 1205 12th Avenue NW, 282-5161.
Schaeffer Academy, 4400 55th Street NW, 286-1050.
Victory Christian Academy, 606 36th Avenue SE, 289-3834.