Via Orlando Weekly:
The
owners of the
gay nightclub
Pulse plan to create a memorial at the site where
49 people died June 12 and countless others were injured in a
mass shooting. In paperwork filed with the state for the not-for-profit
OnePulse Foundation, the owners say the foundation's purpose
include "conceiving, funding and aiding in the construction of a permanent memorial on the existing Pulse site." Owner
Barbara Poma, who opened the club in
honor of her
brother who died of
AIDS in 1991, has been
clear about wanting a
memorial at the club, but there was some
uncertainty over whether it would open up again as a
business. READ MORE
UPDATE (August 1, 2016) Via Rolling Stone:
The owners of Pulse have backed away from their statement that the club will be turned into a memorial for the 49 attendees killed in June. "OOPS! Looks like we got the media’s pulse racing with an inadvertent Instagram posting that incorrectly stated the Pulse Nightclub was reopening as a memorial," said the owners (via Reuters.) "Pulse is NOT reopening as a memorial," the club's rep added in a statement.