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Education, Flint Area
As kids head back to school, Flint moves forward with community education
A new model of community school, piloted at Flint, Michigan’s, Brownell-Holmes STEM Academy, is being expanded to three more public elementary schools with the support of $1.3 million from Mott.
Flint Area
Hurley Children’s Center takes a fresh approach to children’s health
Located at the Flint Farmers’ Market, the Hurley Children’s Center has introduced an exciting new approach to children’s health care. The $2 million project is part of a growing health and wellness district in Mott’s home community.
Flint Area
Mott awards $4.9 million to Flint Cultural Center institutions
Flint Cultural Center institutions, which welcome more than 610,000 visitors each year, received grants totaling $4.9 million from the Mott Foundation.
Education, Flint Area
Mott-funded summer programming helps keep Flint and Genesee County kids safe, busy and productive
The Mott Foundation’s commitment to children and young people in its home community is carried out through the school year and the summer months, supporting a wide variety of enrichment and learning activities designed to entertain and educate.
Flint Area
Mott Foundation hails news of national service award that will help drive community education in Flint
A statement from Ridgway White, president of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, announces that Flint was awarded federal funding to engage national service members in supporting a new model of community education.
Flint Area
Genesee County Land Bank marks decade of progress
One of seven land banks profiled in the Center for Community Progress (CCP) new report, “Take it to the Bank: How Land Banks Are Strengthening America's Neighborhoods,” the Genesee County Land Bank in the Mott Foundation’s home community of Flint celebrated a decade of work in 2014.
Flint Area
New report documents land banks’ impact on American cities
Take it to the Bank: How Land Banks Are Strengthening America's Neighborhoods, a new downloadable report from the Center for Community Progress, examines the state of land banking in the U.S.
Flint Area
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine celebrates opening of new Flint campus
Michigan State University (MSU) College of Human Medicine unveiled its new medical education and public health research space in downtown Flint, Michigan. The new medical school anchors a new “Health and Wellness” district in the city’s downtown. The expansion of the program was made possible by more than $11 million in grants from the Mott Foundation.
Flint Area
A Tribute to Claire Mott White
The C.S. Mott Foundation marks the passing and celebrates the life of Claire Mott White. A Foundation trustee and granddaughter of our founder, Claire also was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother; an accomplished artist; and quiet leader in our home community of Flint.
Education, Flint Area
Long-time principal attributes success to community school concept
Dan Berezny, a Flint, Michigan, elementary school principal who has spent 23 years nurturing community within his building and the neighborhoods that surround it, reflects on the value of community schools in this era of educational challenges.