Owners Rich and Roseann Para worked for six months with the DeKalb County Farm Bureau, DeKalb County Community Foundation and the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce to design a line of local souvenirs.

SYCAMORE Visitors now can take home a piece of DeKalb County thanks to a line of historical, American-made souvenirs available at Sweet Earth in Sycamore.

The shop, at 341 W. We have people in the area there’s a lot of international travel, and people come here because they want to get a gift for someone that was made here and that represents us, so that’s nice.”

From concept to realization, getting the souvenirs in the store was a six-month collaboration involving Sweet Earth, the DeKalb County Farm Bureau, Sycamore Chamber of Commerce and the DeKalb County Community Foundation.

“I felt like we were all kind of working together,” Roseann Para said. We have wanted to have something for people to take home from Sycamore for so many years.”

Sweet Earth’s souvenirs feature photos from the Joiner History Room, Sycamore Chamber of Commerce and the county’s farm bureau and community foundation.