ORLANDO, Fla. — The city of Orlando is getting one step closer to breaking ground for the Pulse memorial.
The Orlando City Commissioners will meet on Monday to accept a grant from the state.
The Florida legislature gave the city a grant of more than $394,000 for the Pulse memorial project.
The purpose of Monday’s Pulse Funding Discussion is for city commissioners officially to accept those state funds.
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Orlando city commissioners to meet Monday to accept a grant from the state
The state gave the city of Orlando a grant of more than $394,000 for the Pulse memorial
This comes a month after Orange County approved $5 million in funding for the memorial
Construction will begin in October 2026 and finish by the end of 2027
This also comes over a month after Orange County approved $5 million in funding for the memorial.
The county will make that payment in three separate installments of $1.6 million, which started Nov. 1, and will continue through 2027.
The city will cover the remaining $7 million for the memorial, which is estimated to cost $12 million.
In July, the Orlando City Council selected Winter Park-based company, Gomez Construction, to design and build the memorial.
Based on the conceptual design presented by the Pulse memorial advisory committee, there will be a memorial space where the club once stood, a reflection pool, a survivor’s wall and an angel ellipse with 49 columns honoring the lives of the victims who were killed in a terrorist attacked in 2016.
Construction of the memorial will begin in October 2026. They expect it to be completed by the end of 2027.