{"id":429589,"date":"2026-10-16T15:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429589\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:52:10","slug":"city-council-approves-pulse-memorial-construction-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429589\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council approves Pulse memorial construction contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Orlando City Council approved the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulseorlando.org\/Memorial\/Memorial-Process\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pulse Memorial<\/a> construction contract with Gomez Construction Company on Oct. 12.\n<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the memorial design by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcommunitypaper.com\/articles\/pulse-memorial-advisory-committee-final-meeting-in-february\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee<\/a>, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcommunitypaper.com\/articles\/pulse-memorial-team-shares-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously planned to begin in September 2026<\/a>, is on track to begin this fall and be completed by the end of 2027. The concept is intended to transform the site of the tragedy and honor the 49 angels, those who died.\n<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52489\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pulse-rendering-4-1024x499.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering of the Pulse Memorial\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-52489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(COURTESY OF CITY OF ORLANDO)<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from the city, the construction has a \u201cguaranteed maximum price\u201d of $12,624,837. The city also announced that there will be an additional $1.75 million in support from community partners, including DeVos Family Foundation, Dr. Phillips Charities, Orlando Health, Universal Destinations &amp; Experiences, Wilf Family Foundations and Walt Disney World Resort.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orlandofamilystage.com\/show\/the-best-halloween-ever\/?utm_source=communitypaper&amp;utm_medium=display\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792165930_909_3.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese commitments represent more than financial support for the Pulse Memorial. They reflect the extraordinary spirit of collaboration that emerged in Orlando following June 12, 2016,\u201d Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said in the release.\n<\/p>\n<p>Along with the progress updates, the city also announced a new piece of the memorial design. A passage from \u201cSonnet to Orlando\u201d will be included in the survivor wall. The poem, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, was delivered at the 2016 Tony Awards right after the tragedy.\n<\/p>\n<p>For additional information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/pulseorlando.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PulseOrlando.org<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orlando City Council approved the Pulse Memorial construction contract with Gomez Construction Company on Oct. 12. Construction&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-429589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}