Orlando City Leaders to Vote on Funding Permanent Pulse Nightclub Memorial

Orlando Continues To Mourn The Mass Shooting At Gay Club That Killed 49 — ORLANDO, FL - JUNE 16: A man visits a memorial with wooden crosses for each of the 49 victims of the Pulse Nightclub next to the Orlando Regional Medical Center, June 16, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The shooting at Pulse Nightclub, which killed 49 people and injured 53, is the worst mass-shooting event in American history. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Photo: Drew Angerer / Getty Images News / Getty Images

(Orlando, FL) - Orlando city leaders are expected to vote today on funding a permanent memorial honoring the 49 lives taken in the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting.

If the $12 million memorial plan passes, the design phase could start within weeks.

The agreement to build the permanent memorial is a partnership between the city of Orlando which is committing $7 million plus overruns and Orange County which has pledged $5 million spread over three annual payments.

Officials say, if passed, the memorial should take two years to finish and will include a welcome center, tribute wall and 49 columns for the 49 killed in 2016.

Florida News

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