Greensboro, Alabama, resident and real estate agent Pride Forney has spent years dreaming about two things: helping the Black Belt region thrive and creating a place where music and art could bring people together.

This spring, those dreams are becoming reality inside one of Uniontown’s most historic buildings.

Forney has purchased the former Uniontown United Methodist Church on Water Avenue and is transforming the 1858 sanctuary into Re-Union Music, a new venue she hopes will become a cultural anchor for West Alabama. The first concert is set for Friday, May 8 from 6 to 8 p.m., featuring New Orleans trumpeter James Andrews and the Crescent City All Stars.

Forney talks to Black Belt News Network's Todd Prater about the development.

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