The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in Flint, Michigan, has announced $14 million in grants to Flint Community Schools (FCS) for renovations to the Brownell STEM Academy and Holmes STEM Middle School campus on the city’s north side.

To be funded by the Mott grant and $26 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds, the renovated campus will include new façades on each building, playgrounds for early childhood and elementary students, a new track and basketball courts, and updates to the football field. In addition, the foundation’s funding will be used to construct The Cube, a 5,000-square-foot community center. Renovations are planned to be complete by 2025.

“FCS leadership and the board of education prioritized the renovation of these two schools, and we’re happy that our additional support will help take this project from a building renovation to an exciting overhaul of the campus,” said Mott Foundation president and CEO Ridgway White. “This reimagined space will create an environment that is safer and more conducive to teaching and learning, and a campus that is energized and accessible to the community. Flint kids deserve a place that sparks their imagination and creativity each day.”

(Photo credit: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation/Stantec)