The

Film

My Square Mile invites viewers into the life and legacy of Art Erickson and into a deeper reflection on what it means to love, lead, and take responsibility for the place we call home.

Through real stories and lived experience, the film explores how lasting change begins when ordinary people choose to stay, invest, and build community one neighborhood at a time.

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People-First Approach

A Legacy Film About Faith, Leadership, and Community

A Focus on Quality

People-First Approach A Legacy Film About Faith, Leadership, and Community A Focus on Quality

On This Journey, You Will Discover

  • What it means to take ownership of a place, not just pass through it

  • How proximity and commitment shape real leadership

  • Why good intentions must be paired with long-term action

  • The difference between short-term help and generational transformation

  • How faith, courage, and collaboration can rebuild communities

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The Story at the Heart of the Film

One Life. One Neighborhood. A Lasting Legacy.

For more than five decades, Art Erickson dedicated his life to a single square mile, training leaders, restoring families, and helping transform a broken geography into a connected community.

His story is not presented as a pedestal, but as a path, one that invites others to ask:


What would it look like to take responsibility for my own square mile?

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the Legacy

Stories awaken hearts.

Commitment builds communities.

My Square Mile exists not just to tell a story, but to carry it forward—raising up leaders, inspiring action, and multiplying hope across neighborhoods and nations.

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