Student persistence remains an important focus for higher education professionals. National conferences and other professional development opportunities regularly highlight information on resources, supports, and programmatic efforts that are most effective at helping college students persist. Retention is a key performance indicator for institutions, a significant policy issue, and a primary focus for researchers and practitioners (Seidman, 2012). Located just two miles apart in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis, are Hennepin Technical College (HTC) and North Hennepin Community College (NHCC). Both are a part of the Minnesota State system (MinnState) of colleges and universities. The colleges enroll similar student populations with a high number of students who are of diverse races and ethnicities, low-income, first-generation, and adult learners. Because the institutions are located within the same city and are facing similar trending enrollment declines, decreasing state funding, and a projected regional workforce shortage, the authors were compelled to conduct a local research study about persistence. To do this research, the authors partnered with the Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth. As a result of this study the authors designed a Blueprint Action Plan to catalyze changes that will lead to increased student persistence which includes six collective actions detailed in this article.