A recent report from the finance company Wallet Hub ranked Atlanta as the best city for singles in 2025. In a city of over 500,000 people, with 69% of the population as single, there’s bound to be someone for you … but where do you start? Dating apps are considered the most common way people meet a romantic partner today, but is it really working?
“City Lights” asked an expert whose job is to help other young singles find love. Tennesha Wood is an Atlanta-based matchmaker who owns The Broom List. It’s the first and only matchmaking firm dedicated to pairing successful Black professionals. Wood joined “City Lights” producer Summer Evans to talk about how she first got into the matchmaking business.
Wood, who started The Broom List in 2020, was inspired by her own dating experiences and the challenges of finding like-minded professionals.
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