Keeping Current

Since he joined Georgia Power in 1979, Rope Roberts’ 44-year career included a number of influential roles for the company. The Augusta native began in 1979 as an Accounting clerk at Plant Vogtle and held several jobs there, including a position in the Procurement office, where he bought various equipment, tools, and supplies for the construction of the Units 1 & 2 nuclear reactors, and in Public Information, where he conducted several tours a day at the Vogtle Visitor’s Center and promoted the benefits of nuclear power to the public.  In 1989, he moved to north Georgia to manage the Terrora Visitors Center in Tallulah Falls. A few years later, he helped transition the center to become Tallulah Gorge State Park and the new Jane Hurt Yarn Visitors Center.

In 1995, he joined Economic Development as the Northern Regional Economic Development manager. Roberts was also a part of Operation Legacy, a joint program with the State of Georgia to utilize the 1996 Olympics to recruit international and domestic businesses to Georgia. During this time right before the Olympic Games, Rope and others hosted company executives from around the world, showcasing our business-friendly climate as well as what the state has to offer to businesses. That working partnership with the state is still going strong today and is credited with helping Georgia to become recognized as “the best state to do business in” for 12 years running by Area Development magazine. Rope retired in 2023.