onePULSE Foundation hands memorial for Pulse victims over to City of Orlando
Orlando takes charge of Pulse Memorial plans
Orlando city officials said they hope to have a permanent Pulse Memorial to be completed by June 2026. It comes after the onePULSE Foundation sent a letter to donors on Monday informing them that the foundation's board has voted to dissolve their organization.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The onePULSE Foundation sent a letter to donors on Monday informing them that the foundation's board has voted to dissolve their organization. It said it would be the final email sent from the foundation, and all future emails would come from the City of Orlando.
The city took ownership of the Pulse site with the goal of creating a permanent memorial for the victims of the mass shooting on June 12, 2016. Since then, Mayor Dyer has met with members of the onePULSE Foundation Board to understand the impacts of the organization’s dissolution and learn more about the work done to date on the memorial, the email stated.
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The board agreed to share memorial design work and provided an overview of its initiatives with the city. On Tuesday, Mayor Dyer outlined goals for the memorial.
"We want to make sure that we create the permanent memorial," he said. "We do it in a transparent way that gets as much input from as many stakeholders as we possibly can – that we get it done transparently and we get it done in a timely manner."
Mayor Dyer has said that the city remains committed to working with the families of the victims and the survivors to ensure that the memorial honors the lives taken and others who were impacted by the tragedy.