Amina Daniels

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!


THANK YOU!

We owe it all to you!

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We are so grateful for all the support! 

We know we told you this yesterday, but we are overwhelmingly grateful for all the support! All of the emails, tweets, and Facebook shares you guys sent out made this possible! 

Now the real hard work begins. We are dedicated to bringing Live Cycle Delight to Detroit as soon as we can. The community has spoken and we promise to deliver. Stay tuned for updates! As we prepare to build our location, we have some really cool events planned! 

Again thank you all so much! 

Stay tuned for updates!

CRAINS DETROIT: Live Cycle Delight wins $50,000 Comerica Hatch Detroit contest

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20150831/NEWS/150839987/live-cycle-delight-wins-50000-comerica-hatch-detroit-contest

By SHERRI WELCH

Live Cycle Delight is the winner of the 2015 Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest presented by Opportunity Detroit.

Live Cycle Delight, which aspires to become the first “contemporary cycle studio” in downtown Detroit, and its founder Amina Daniels and partner Jackie Palmer, will receive a $50,000 grant courtesy of Comerica Bank to help jump-start its business plans.

Additionally, the startup will receive pro bono legal services from Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, public relations assistance from Comerica Bank, architectural renderings from  Hamilton-Anderson Associates Inc., video promotion from MCCI Integrated Marketing and accounting and IT services.

Past winners of the contest have quickly become well-known names. They include Hugh, a Midtown store for bachelors; Spanish tapas restaurant La Feria in Midtown; Batch Brewing Co. in Corktown, and last year’s winner, Sister Pie, which opened a bakery in Detroit’s West Village neighborhood.

Live Cycle Delight plans to offer fitness classes, community outreach, bike safety awareness initiatives and social cycling events throughout Detroit. 

It was chosen from a pool of 10 semi-finalists selected in mid-August and four finalists that vied for public votes and gave a final pitch in front of a panel of judges at the Hatch Off event Friday evening at the Madison Building in Detroit.

Live Cycle Delight was selected based on the public vote and jury deliberations.

The other finalists were:

  • Eskimo Jacks Artisan Cookies + Ice Cream, which sells its made-from-scratch cookies and ice cream through food carts, events and local markets and seeks a retail space in Detroit.
  • Norma G’s authentic Caribbean cuisine, which hopes to expand its mobile business to a brick-and-mortar location in Detroit.
  • The Royce Detroit, which seeks to provide essentials like wine, food, home goods and friendship.

CURBED DETROIT: Live Cycle Delight Wins 2015 Hatch Prize

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2015/08/live-cycle-delight-wins-2015-hatch-prize.php

Monday, August 31, 2015, by Rebecca Golden

Hatch Detroit declared local bike biz Live Cycle Delight the winner of its annual $50K prize Friday. Hatch works to help local retail and restaurant businesses open brick-and-mortar storefronts in Detroit. 2015 winner Live Cycle Delight wants to open a storefront in the city. 

Part of the plan includes a cycling studio for in-house classes. Currently, Live Cycle's owners Amina Daniels and Jackie Palmerconduct Wednesday bike rides at Capitol Square Park, Dequindre Cut and the RiverWalk. The storefront they want to build with the prize money will help them to grow the existing business, allowing them to add fitness classes, more cycling meet-up rides, and a bike lounge.

In their acceptance statement, Live Cycle Detroit writes "As Detroit grows, it's important we acknowledge the increase in residents, restaurants, and local shopping in downtown Detroit. With over 20 miles of bike lanes in downtown and midtown Detroit, and over 80 bicycles passing key blocks every hour, the need and inherent demand for an indoor cycling studio that supports local cyclists is evident."

Native Detroiter Nick Gorga founded Hatch in 2011, after moving back to the city from Chicago. The Hatch Detroit contest, built on what the group calls "crowd entrepreneurship," solicits public votes on the contestants, and allows the community to decide which businesses can best serve its needs. Since the program's inception, four winners have been chosen, and a total of 12 businesses operated by Hatch finalists have opened in in the city. The first four winners of Hatch Detroit include Cass Ave home design store Hugh and tapas restaurant La Feria, Corktown's Batch Brewing Company, and Sister Pie (on Kercheval St in Detroit).