How do we govern a community, a locale, looking to advance the well-being of all? A critical question without an easy answer. Governing the commons undertaken well is what Carse (Finite and infinite games: A vision of life as play and possibility. Free Press, New York City, 2013) would come to call an “infinite game.” The game lacks straightforward rules and so we must invent those rules as we confront the next steps in locale or community development. In another book, Carse (Breakfast at the Victory: the mysticism of ordinary experience. Harper Collins, New York City, 1994) offers the idea that becoming is tied to acting and doing. Governing the commons is exactly like this. We act and from the action we take people can shape a better community for all. However, some aspects of governance do not change—they are stable, we can count on them, and we can mobilize them during periods of crisis and ensuing doubt. This is the idea behind the chapter I entitle “governing the commons.” At this juncture, Charley has passed. There is the need for a new leader, one who will take the community and Fifth Street into the next steps of its development. Who will that be? How will they lead? And how will they call upon the best of the members to sustain the direction of Fifth Street and the community it serves? These questions will find their answers in this chapter.