Partners
Partners
Our Support Team
Rabun County Board of Commissioners
Rabun County Government is led by a five-member Board of Commissioners. Commissioners serve staggered terms of four years and are elected at large from designated districts. The Board meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the Rabun County Courthouse: 25 Courthouse Square, Clayton, GA 30525 The County operates with an annual budget of approximately $19 million and more than 350 full-time and part-time employees. rabuncounty.ga.govRabun County Chamber of Commerce
Rabun County Government is led by a five-member Board of Commissioners. Commissioners serve staggered terms of four years and are elected at large from designated districts.
The Board meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the Rabun County Courthouse: 25 Courthouse Square, Clayton, GA 30525
The County operates with an annual budget of approximately $19 million and more than 350 full-time and part-time employees.
Point of Contact
Juanita Shope
President
10 Seed Tick Road
Clayton, GA 30525
706-782-4812
juanitashope@rabunchamber.com
Rabun County Marketing & Tourism
Rabun County Marketing & Tourism promotes the attractiveness of Rabun County’s spectacular mountain vistas and venues as a choice destination for individual and family travel, business meetings, retreats, weddings, family reunions, or simply a relaxing “daycation.”
Point of Contact
CJ Thompson
Manager of Marketing & Tourism
P.O. Box 1209
Clayton, GA 30525
706-960-9866
cj.thompson@rabuncounty.ga.gov
Keep Rabun Beautiful
Keep Rabun Beautiful is an organization led by the Rabun County Chamber of Commerce that brings citizens and community leaders together to advocate for bringing an end to littering and to encourage recycling and other practices that support a more eco-friendly community. In 2019, the organization received one of 50 Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Grants from Keep America Beautiful, the leading community improvement nonprofit in the country, to support efforts to reduce cigarette litter in the county.
www.facebook.com/keeprabunbeautiful/
Georgia Power
Our community development professionals help with existing industry retention, expansion, and new companies considering the region. They also work with state, regional and local partners on leadership development and strategic planning. Georgia Power is an active partner in creating programs that help improve the quality of life and bring new business to the communities it serves.
Point of Contact
Rope Roberts
Community Development Manager
1001 Prince Ave
Athens, GA 30606
706-499-6521
jerobert@southerco.com
Georgia Electric Membership Corp.
Our association enables Georgia’s electric membership corporations to pool their resources to gain strength and efficiency on issues common to the EMCs. We are a not-for-profit 501 (C)(6), member-owned organization controlled by a board of directors elected from the member cooperatives and corporations.
Point of Contact
Bradley Harris
Senior Project Manager
Georgia Electric Membership Corp.
75 Fifth St. NW Ste 710
Atlanta, GA 30308
404-521-7612
bradley.harris@georgiaemc.com
GDEcD
The Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) markets Georgia to the world by encouraging business investment and trade, attracting tourists to Georgia, and promoting the state as a go-to location for film, music, digital entertainment, and the arts.
Point of Contact
Barbara S. Fiedor
Sr. Project Manager, Region 2
Existing Industries & Regional Recruitment
3292 Thompson Bridge Road, Suite 184
Gainesville, GA 30506
678-303-6620
bfiedor@georgia.org
Georgia Department of Community Affairs
DCA offers a variety of economic development incentives and tools designed to help promote growth and job creation throughout the state.
Point of Contact
Kathy Papa
Regional Manager
PO Box 6090
Gainesville, GA 30504
770-362-7078
kathy.papa@dca.ga.gov