About
Veterans Lodge is a subsidiary of Veterans Holdings, Inc., a 501(c)3, and is committed to honoring and empowering America's veterans. Our mission is to provide a healthy environment in a serene setting where veterans and their families can come to rehabilitate through predictive health, innovative education, and transformational research. Veterans Lodge is ideally positioned to respond, in concert with the VA, to the major national health crisis affecting our returning veterans and to make a landmark impact on their health, well-being, and quality of life. Veterans Lodge represents an innovative solution and will provide a template for expanding quality care to veterans throughout Florida and beyond.
Veterans are our mission. They served us now, we will serve them. Our goal is to ensure that all veterans get the best treatment and rehabilitation possible so that they may become the most successful and well-adjusted in our nation’s history.
Collaborating for a Cause
The Lodge benefits greatly from a depth of knowledge and decades of related expertise of our staff. Team members include experts within the veterans' healthcare system, university research, hospital management, financial industry, utility sectors, planning and engineering, as well as construction and operations. Connections and relationships have been formed across the nation to bring better care to veterans.
Our medical resources and connections from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Florida State University Medical School and University Medical Center will bring critical expertise and knowledge in the field of long-term medical care, clinical research, and trauma rehabilitation. The Lodge will create a unique environment where medical professionals and researchers can come together and collaborate about how to best rehabilitate our veterans.
Our Team
Julie Smith - Founder and CEO
Julie’s professional career was comprised of real estate brokering between some of the biggest purchasers in the United States. Personal experiences with wounded veterans inspired her to create a place of love, healing, and support for servicemen and women and their families, and building that became her personal mission and life passion. For the last several years, Julie has turned her boundless energy and relentless efforts towards aiding returning and retired veterans. She conceived Veterans Lodge as an environment where veterans can safely begin transitioning back to civilian life.
Our Partners
Operation Restored Warrior
Operation Restored Warrior is a transformational ministry that has been changing lives for 11 years. They will be Veterans Lodge’s partner tasked with spiritually rescuing, rebuilding, and restoring our nation’s military warriors.
Killian Construction Co.
Killian Construction Co. is a nationally recognized leader providing excellent construction services in our target markets.
EDSA
EDSA Inc. is a planning, landscape architecture, and urban design firm founded in 1960. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with offices in Orlando, Florida; Baltimore, Maryland, and Shanghai, China.
BOTI Architecture
BOTI is a design firm that brings together a diverse team of planners, architects, engineers, and interior designers, to help you develop customized solutions.
Info
Veterans Lodge Network is a project of Veterans Holdings, INC. (501c)
Veterans Lodge is committed to improving the welfare of our nation's veterans.
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