And the goal would be????

From Saturday's Record:

Waterloo welcomes students with neighbourhood event


September 13, 2008 Record staff
WATERLOO
A free neighbourhood barbecue welcoming university students to the city will be held tomorrow. About 400 people are expected at the Welcome Students Community BBQ at 112 Hickory St. from 4 to 7 p.m. The rain date is Sept. 21.


the bbq started out as a way to have students meet the permanent residents so they created relationships that would help students recognize their neighbours and create responsibility and harmony in the neighbourhood.
Now the city doesn't even pretend that is what it is.
It is merely a bbq to welcome students to the city.
If this bbq is about welcoming students to the city - then they should have it on campus, or at the city hall, or in Uptown Waterloo.
No wonder this neighbourhood is so overwhelmed by students who think they "own" it.
They already feel more than a little welcome in the neighbourhood - it is the permanent residents who feel that the city doesn't care about them.