Local Builder Nancy Taute Honored for Leading Alzheimer’s Awareness in Her Community

A recognition with real meaning for families touched by Alzheimer’s

Nancy Taute has been named a Pinnacle Professional Member Inner Circle of Excellence by The Inner Circle, a distinction that highlights her work raising awareness about Alzheimer’s disease. The award is being celebrated in the same neighborhoods where Taute has built homes and community ties, and it gives fresh visibility to local efforts to help families facing memory loss.

The recognition is more than a plaque for Taute. For people caring for a parent or spouse, it casts a brighter light on outreach, local fundraising and the kinds of community programs that make daily life easier for caregivers and people with Alzheimer’s.

From building homes to building a public profile

Taute’s path started in the early 2000s when she moved into homebuilding and real estate work. She and her husband partnered on projects that stitched new housing into long-standing neighborhoods, making modest subdivisions feel more like small towns. Those early jobs taught Taute to solve practical problems—how streets flow, where sidewalks go, and how homes sit so neighbors can see and help one another.

That ground-level work also put Taute in regular contact with families across age groups. As houses filled and communities grew, she found herself stepping into civic life: volunteering at school fundraisers, supporting local charities and joining neighborhood planning talks. The public profile she built was the product of showing up where people needed help and staying on those issues over time.

As her career moved from individual projects to broader civic involvement, Taute kept focusing on causes that touch everyday life. Her background as a hands-on builder gave her credibility with civic leaders who wanted practical program ideas backed by measurable results—whether a fundraiser that paid for a day program or a community meeting that sparked a new support group.

What Taute has actually done for Alzheimer’s awareness

Taute’s work on Alzheimer’s covers three broad areas: raising money, building partnerships and making services easier to find. She has organized local fundraisers that funnel money to research and to day programs that give caregivers a break. Those events are designed to include neighbors, small businesses and volunteers rather than just large donors, which keeps the work rooted in the community.

On the partnership side, Taute has helped bring together health providers, senior centers and nonprofit groups so services are better coordinated. For example, she has pushed for simple referral systems that let primary care offices point families toward memory-screening events and caregiver support meetings. That kind of matchmaking is low drama but high impact: fewer families fall through the cracks.

Taute has also focused on practical outreach—public talks, easy-to-read flyers and local fairs where people can learn the signs of Alzheimer’s and the basic steps to take. She emphasizes straightforward tools: where to call for help, what aid programs do, and which local groups run caregiver workshops. Her approach is about lowering the friction for people who are already overwhelmed.

Why the Inner Circle honor matters

The Pinnacle Professional Member Inner Circle of Excellence is given to members who combine leadership with measurable community benefit. It is not a popularity prize; it is meant to recognize sustained effort, the ability to bring partners together and a record of programs or events that produced real support for affected families.

Within The Inner Circle, the honor signals that a member has gone beyond individual achievement to lift a broader cause. For Taute, the award places her Alzheimer’s work in a larger frame, showing other community leaders a model for how to turn local ties into practical help.

Voices from Taute and her peers

“This isn’t about me,” Taute said after the announcement. “It’s about the neighbors who show up, the volunteers who run memory cafés, and the people who open their doors to families in need. Recognition helps us keep the conversation going.”

A representative from The Inner Circle praised her steady focus and local impact, saying Taute’s hands-on style made programs more accessible to families who might otherwise drift away from formal help. Colleagues described her as persistent in the best way—always nudging partners toward practical fixes rather than grand gestures.

What this means for the community and what comes next

Locally, the recognition gives momentum to ongoing efforts. Fundraisers that had modest goals may gain new donors. Health providers and community centers that worked quietly together might find it easier to scale successful programs. For caregivers, the immediate benefit is more clarity: visible events, clearer referral paths and a stronger sense that help exists close to home.

Taute says she plans to broaden the partnerships she has built and to focus on low-cost programs that can be replicated by neighboring towns. That includes expanding day program access where possible and rolling out outreach kits that other volunteer groups can use. Her next steps are tactical: more community conversations, more small events, and a push to make Alzheimer’s resources easier to find at city halls and health clinics.

The recognition also offers a simple lesson for other civic leaders: advocacy grounded in everyday work and personal ties can move the needle. Taute’s award shines a light on the quiet, steady work that makes a real difference for families dealing with Alzheimer’s right now.

Sources

• prnewswire.com