The challenges of transforming distressed communities are heightened by the complexity of the problems community change actors address and the complexity of the environments in which they work. Confronted by complexity, actors in the community change field need to respond adaptively to manage effectively. This new publication from the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change, written by Pat Auspos and Mark Cabaj, applies a complexity lens to place-based community change efforts and offers complexity-sensitive practices to increase effectiveness.