The foundation set up to build a museum in honor of the 49 people killed and 53 injured in the June 12 massacre at Orlando's Pulse nightclub has shut down, WESH reports.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the onePULSE Foundation had no money left after receiving a $7 million grant from the state of Florida to build the museum.
The state had a lien on the land the foundation bought with the tourist development tax money.
In exchange for paying off that lien, the foundation received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the state.
Now, the state has terminated that lien, the Sentinel reports.
According to WESH, the county has yet to say how that land acquisition will be used to offset the $7 million the foundation spent on the museum plan. Read the Entire Article
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