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In the News: Croydon Council looks to Godzilla to kick-start town centre regeneration

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The Croydon Guardian reported on a somewhat unusual project designed to involve children in plans to revamp Croydon town centre.

"A hulking dinosaur is set to smash up Croydon's iconic town centre on Saturday - and children are being invited to help the monster," said the paper. "BBC TV presenter Richard DeDomenici will be donning a Godzilla outfit to destroy a scale model of the town. The model was started by children on 13 November and the plan is to finish the structure on 20 November before DeDomenici unleashes the full force of the prehistoric monster suit."

A spokesman for the council told the paper: "It's fun arts projects like this that get young people interested in where they live. We are in the process of trying to rebuild the centre of Croydon to make it a fantastic place for future generations.

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