As educators reconsider higher education's public good mission, community colleges face a monumental task. These colleges still serve a student population that includes many low-income, traditionally underrepresented, first-generation college students with family and job responsibilities that demand their attention. For community colleges, the commitment to learning has grown beyond transformation of traditional structures, and many are now also supporting students' learning and success through access to basic needs. In presenting a 21st-century vision for the public good, the author places community colleges as pivotal leaders in community building, partnering with local and state organizations to ensure that these students have access to services and opportunities that remove barriers to college enrollment, retention, and completion--barriers to learning--and advance their full participation and engagement in the community.