Just as good community colleges pivot to mirror the needs of their local communities, the multistate Auto Communities Consortium (ACC) continues to evolve to counteract the challenges encountered by employers in its service region. Established in 2010 to address pervasive economic losses faced by communities whose major employers were auto industry related, the consortium consists of 27 community colleges in 17 states. Since that time, three major forces have driven substantive change in the way community colleges address workforce development issues: (1) unanticipated growth in manufacturing jobs; (2) concern about workforce and talent shortages; and (3) community college involvement in company innovation and job creation.