A new veteran center set to open this year in the Upstate is what some are calling a first of its kind facility."Veterans need a place to go," Gene Frank said. "In my opinion, veterans cling to veterans because we're the only ones who know what each other has been through."Veterans will soon be able to have access to a multitude of resources, all under one roof at the 40,000 square feet Rupert Huse Veteran Center off Pelham Road in Greenville.Upstate Warrior Solution says the center will be a one-stop shop with resources for veterans and their families."Upstate Warrior Solution, we'll have a footprint in the building," Rupert Huse Veteran Center Operations Manager Lindsay Escher said. "Upstairs, we'll have Veterans United Home Loans, Modern Real Estate Consultants. Also, we'll have a lawyer's office."The center will also have a gym, cafe and space for veteran-owned small businesses. It will not only provide resources for veterans, but it will employ veterans."I'm just absolutely ecstatic with the opportunity, not only through their opportunities of helping veterans provide jobs, but I'm going to be able to use that resource as well to staff the cafe," Marine Corps veteran Gene Frank said.Frank says he served in the Marine Corps from 1996 to 2000 on active duty, and then in the reserves for three years. He's now in culinary school at Greenville Technical College and is excited to be able to both serve and connect with fellow veterans."It's taking that extra step in keeping that military family together," Frank said.The Rupert Huse Veteran Center will also serve as a networking hub, connecting veteran-owned businesses with entreprenuers and other veterans in search of other job opportunities."I think what you find with a lot of veterans is they've spent a lot of years having somebody tell them what to do and it's time for a lot of us to tell ourselves what we're going to do and how we're going to be doing it," veteran and CEO of LKB Logistics Larry White said.White says he would also love to be able to connect with and hire some other veterans to join his company.He says this center is different from a lot of other resources and government-owned facilities around the country."Some of those tend to be band-aids versus more of a longer term, nuturing environment," White said.The center is created by veterans, for veterans, giving them the resources they say have been long-awaited."To be with like-minded people in one space and be able to have that comradery again and walk into a space and feel welcomed and comfortable," Escher said.Upstate Warrior Solution says this is the biggest project in its history. It hopes to open the Rupert Huse Veteran Center at the end of the year.