In 2019, three disconnected groups of Bloomington, Indiana residents joined the Janeway Collective with the goal of building a birthplace monument such as the one existing for James T. Kirk in Riverside, Iowa. The monument was to be located on the B-Line Trail immediately next to the WonderLab science museum. Through attending local events and raising awareness, they were able to successfully raise funds through a crowdsourcing campaign on the platform Patronicity and received a matching grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority's CreatINg Place program. The group worked directly with CBS to receive approvals for the likeness of the character and use of Star Trek symbolism.