GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Division Avenue Arts Collective, kicked out of its Heartside Neighborhood home last year, is looking to make a comeback.

All it will take is $20,000 to revive the scrappy, volunteer-run organization, which was dislodged from its home of 10 years at 115 S. Division Ave. in August, but was adopted by Fractured Atlas in November.

DAAC has launched a RocketHub campaign to raise funds for a new venue.

Over the next 41 days, the DAAC is hoping to raise $20,000 to put toward a security deposit, rent, permits, construction materials and other start-up costs necessary to get a new, yet-to-be-determined venue up to code.

Along with the crowd-funding campaign and partnership with Fractured Atlas, the national nonprofit organization that provides fiscal sponsorship to grassroots, arts-based organizations, DAAC also will be teaming up with Lamp Light Music Festival, Do-It-Together Grand Rapids, and Many Hands Clay Cooperative in a search for a new space.

“With the support of our community, Fractured Atlas and RocketHub, we think we have a great opportunity to make our dreams a reality and create a new and improved DAAC that the community can enjoy for years to come," said DAAC board member Mike Wolf.

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Founded in 2003, the DAAC was created to support the area’s growing independent music scene, becoming a well-known, all-ages venue for many touring bands, artists and audiences.

“As more and more audiences under 21 are being routinely shut out of live music, social media continually transforming how we share media, and smaller events like Lamp Light gaining popularity, accessible and affordable venues like the DAAC are only going to become more important not only for emerging artists, but also for audiences,” Wolf said.

Some $280 had been pledged by four donors as of Wednesday morning, Jan. 15, on RocketHub.

In addition to the initial goal of raising $20,000 by Feb. 25, DAAC has several long-term goals to raise more to finance new programming, purchase new sound equipment, and build a community ceramic studio.

A fixture on the Avenue for the Arts for nearly 10 years, DAAC was given the boot in July from its home next door to the Harris Building at 111 S. Division Ave. in favor of a $7 million project to create an art and culinary corridor on South Division in the two adjacent properties.

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The Local Epicurean, a locally owned organic pasta company, moved into the first floor of the Harris Building, and the three floors of the building were a prominent venue last fall during ArtPrize.

Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk covers arts and entertainment for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at jkaczmarczyk@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.