by Nina Garin

San Diego's Little Italy is a place to find top-notch restaurants, bars and events.

But it wasn't always like that. Thanks to Marco Li Mandri, the area's been improving and growing since 1995.

Li Mandri, 58, knows quite a bit about building communities. He's president of New City America, a company that forms and manages business improvement districts across the United States, and he's also the head of the Little Italy Association.

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Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/