SAY Detroit is launching a transformative investment in Detroit's future: the acquisition and redevelopment of the historic St. Cecilia campus into a state-of-the-art youth development, academic enrichment, leadership, and recreation center serving the city's west side. This bold project, funded by a multimillion-dollar campaign, will restore one of Detroit's most iconic cultural spaces and convert it into a modern, high impact resource for thousands of young people and families.
SAY Detroit is committed to honoring this historic campus while bringing it back to life as a vibrant community hub focused on academic growth, workforce readiness, healthy youth development, and long-term neighborhood stability.
The redeveloped St. Cecilia campus will carry on this tradition of nurturing talent and building SAY Detroit's mission to provide pathways to success for those in need. The ambitious vision for the project — 25 classrooms, over 25,000 square feet of learning space on a combined 8 acres (approximate) of space includes multiple purpose-built spaces to support academic growth, workforce readiness, healthy youth development, and community stability:
