Panelists discuss county's assets

MALTA - The recent wintry weather in DeKalb County probably wasn't a selling point when TransWare Enterprises Inc. was thinking of moving to the Midwest from California. “It's 70 degrees today in San Jose,” Eric Jones, a senior engineer with the company, replied when asked Tuesday about the weather during a business roundtable meeting of the DeKalb County Economic Development Corp. But there were plenty of draws for the engineering consulting group - which provides engineering, software, technical support and management services to the nuclear energy and computer industries - that now resides on Mediterranean Road in Sycamore. Jones was one of three panelists to speak Tuesday during the roundtable. The others were Norm Walzer, senior resear