Allerton Park bereft of volunteers as UI explores options for its future

MONTICELLO – The pathways and gardens of Allerton Park lie quietly now, quiet and very wet.

On a normal spring break, they'd still be a bit hushed, but students would be scattered through the park, filling patches of it with their noise and busyness. They would be volunteers, trading their work for room and board while the University of Illinois is on break. They would spend days planting, clearing gardens, moving supplies – pretty much anything necessary in the large park with endless upkeep.

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