Active City was born out of a collaboration between leaders from two successful youth sports programs in the City of Hartford.  Saturday Hoopsters, a winter youth basketball program which serves 600 children, and Hartford Soccer Club, a youth soccer program which serves 400 children, were previously independent youth recreation programs.  These programs, like many youth sports and recreation programs in the City, lacked the advantages of support from a parent organization or Board of Directors that would be able to help oversee operations, pinpoint the needs of the children in the City, assist in fundraising, share best practices, and centralize advertising and registration operations.  In an effort to fill this management gap and to help reach and serve more children and families in Hartford, a Board of Directors was created in Fall 2013 and Active City received its tax-exempt status in September 2014.  Both Saturday Hoopsters and Hartford Soccer Club, now fall under the structure of Active City as its first two members, and more partnerships are being sought to maximize the benefits Active City can provide.