Community is important to many institutions of higher learning, but it is very difficult to imagine Berea College disconnected from its primary community--the Appalachian region. Since its mid-nineteenth-century beginning as a radical experiment in interracial education and coeducation centered in community, the college has been dedicated to serving the Appalachian region, in the words of one of its "great commitments," "primarily through education but also by other appropriate means" by offering all admitted students four-year fulltuition scholarships. The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center--founded in 1970 as the first center of its kind at an institution of higher learning--is charged primarily with helping to realize Berea's commitment to Appalachia. The center's work has two dimensions. One is "in-reach"--that is, teaching students about the assets and challenges of the region. The other work involves outreach to people and communities in the mountains. In this article, the author discusses how Berea College acknowledges a debt to Appalachia by developing regional leaders and explains Berea's methods of producing leaders in the community.