Paul Granata — longtime Downey business owner and co-founder of the Downtown Improvement Association — sits down with Mayor Mario to talk Granada's Italian Villa, a 25-year-old letter that started a movement, and what downtown Downey looks like now vs. then.

0:00 Pre-show

0:59 Show intro – "Hi, I'm Mario Guerra"

1:23 Welcome Paul Granata

2:30 Paul's history as a Downey business owner

7:55 The 25-year-old letter that started the DIA

8:32 How Porto's changed downtown forever

9:27 Paul on Mario's passion & the slow process of getting things done

10:26 The Gateway Sign — 15 years in the making

11:17 Mario gets thrown out of a 7th grade basketball game (they still won)

13:23 Paul selling the buildings & his legacy in downtown Downey

13:53 Remembering Paul's dad & the Granada ...