 He was also involved in the community, serving as Flint's mayor in 1913, 1914, and 1918, and contributed greatly to the community through his philanthropic foundation.In 1916, Mott and his wife Ethel Culbert Harding (whom he had married in 1903), decided to build a home for their family.They purchased 26 acres from J. D. Dort and 38 additional acres from Durant.