Emond Center for Engagement
About
The Emond Center for Engagement is a space in Boston’s Seaport that houses InnoVets, described as Boston’s first business accelerator built for military veterans and Gold Star Family entrepreneurs. The center gives veteran and Gold Star founders a place to work and grow inside the city’s innovation district, with access to a business mentor network, professional consulting and connections to corporations, investors, schools and associations that support new ventures.
The center was created by Massachusetts Fallen Heroes, a nonprofit founded by combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan to honor service members who did not come home and to support their families. Alongside the STRAC accelerator, the InnoVets program runs Veteran’s EDGE, which helps veterans find work in the building trades, manufacturing and civil service and provides employment legal services. It partners with career consultants, mental health providers, financial counselors and state veterans agencies.
What to Know
- Massachusetts Fallen Heroes dedicated the 50-foot Beacon of Honor memorial in the Seaport in May 2016.
- That memorial is the official state memorial to those who died serving since September 11, 2001.
- Massachusetts Fallen Heroes is a 501(c)(3) public charity.
- Employment legal services extend to members of the National Guard and Reserve.
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