In 2005, the City of Seattle erected a sign at the northwest corner of South Jackson Street and 12th Avenue South to commemorate Seattle’s historic jazz district, honoring great musicians such as Ray Charles, Quincy Jones and Ernestine Anderson. Over time, the sign deteriorated. In 2021, a group of concerned stakeholders in the community formed a committee to imagine solutions or alternatives to the sign. Thus was born the Jackson Street Jazz Trail Committee, which replaced the old sign with a new one announcing the development of a self-guided, online walking tour of Seattle’s historic jazz district.