The Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee will meet Tuesday, February 4 for its last scheduled committee meeting at City Hall, from 4-8 p.m.
This meeting is the last in a series of committee meetings that were scheduled by the City of Orlando to discuss and finalize a conceptual design for the long awaited Orlando United Pulse Memorial, honoring the victims of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shootings.

A memorial with a reflection pool in the location of where the dance floor was and a wall with shelves holding the shoes of the victims with the words “For all those who just wanted to dance,” are among the current plans for the site.
The committee is comprised of members of the victims’ families, survivors, and members of the community who were connected to the tragedy and has been meeting since July 2024.
The City of Orlando has allocated $7.5 million from its general revenue funds for the design and construction of the permanent Pulse memorial. According to Mayor Dyer, this amount is intended to ensure the completion of a meaningful memorial in a timely manner. The city aims to offset these costs through philanthropic contributions if sufficient funds are raised.
Former nightclub owner Barbara Poma and her husband, Rosario Poma, received an insurance payout of over $1.3 million following the shootings in 2016. This payout included $800,000 for the building, $400,000 for business property, and $250,000 for loss of income, but refused to sell the property to the City of Orlando, in order to launch their own non-profit and build their own museum. Which never came to be.
In October 2023, the City of Orlando purchased the Pulse nightclub property from the Pomas and their business partner, Michael Panaggio, for $2 million. In total, from 2017 through 2022, Poma earned an estimated $870,000 in salary from the foundation.
The meeting will take place on the 9th floor of City Hall in the Fairview Room.
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