-Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in a radio interview with 90.7 WMFE, talking about the possibility of the city buying Pulse nightclub in order to create a permanent memorial at the site.
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“”At some point, I think the city needs to gain control, purchase the Pulse site, and then make some determination, with a lot of input, of what a permanent memorial might look like.””. “I’ve been, quite honestly, a little surprised at the volume of visitors that we have had”. On Wednesday, Dyer visited the makeshift memorial with the prime minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel.
The city of Orlando released a statement to ABC Orlando affiliate WFTV expressing “interest in acquiring the property”, and adding, “I$3 f the city determines it is in the best interest of the community to acquire the property, we will go through that public process to do so”.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Pulse’s spokesperson, Sara Brady, said that Poma has met with city officials regarding selling the club so that it could be preserved as a memorial, but said that the conversation is still in “very preliminary” stages. “It’s sacred ground to her”.
Stacks of flowers, posters, crosses and other items still surround the building as a temporary tribute to the victims.
OnePulse Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) incorporated by the owners of Pulse Nightclub and established to provide assistance to the victims of the mass shooting, filed the paperwork with the State of Florida earlier this month.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Poma and her attorney formed the onePulse Foundation last month with the goal of “conceiving, funding and aiding in the construction of a permanent memorial” at the site.
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Located at 1912 S. Orange Ave., the gay nightclub opened in 2004 and was named in honor of Poma’s brother John, who died of AIDS in 1991.
