by Admin | Dec 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Detroit Grand Prix 2015
The Detroit Grand Prix has been a staple of the Detroit Automotive Culture since the early eighties, with origins dating back to to when it was a Formula One World Championship event held on the Detroit street circuit encompassing the Renaissance Center.
Frank Torre, in collaboration with Roger Penske, owner of Team Penske and the Penske Automotive Group (PAG), maintains a major role in the annual Detroit Grand Prix races. The professional auto racing event is held on Detroit’s Belle Isle and brings together public and private communities and international attendance.
In 2015 over 100,000 fans attend the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix which was held at the Belle Isle Park.
( Frank Torre with Roger Penske above at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix)
by Admin | Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Based in Michigan, Frank Torre is an entrepreneur with a history of successfully building and expanding companies. Frank Torre serves as CEO of Signal Restoration Services, a full-service disaster restoration contractor based in Troy, Michigan. Since its founding in 1972, Signal Restoration Services has specialized in property loss mitigation both in the state of Michigan and nationally.
In 1992, Frank Torre established Torre & Bruglio, Inc. and grew it into one of the largest landscape and horticultural services contractors in the Midwest servicing more than 1000 business accounts.
In 2000 Torre & Bruglio expanded into the golf course management business providing maintenance to golf courses ranging from 18 holes to 36 holes PGA Tournament courses as well as clubhouse hospitality and event management services. Frank Torre sold the landscape and horticultural services business to Brickman Group in 2008 who continue to follow Frank Torre’s philosophy of commitment to a culture of excellence for all clients.
Outside of his career, Frank Torre remains very active in the community. Frank Torre serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, which is part of the Detroit Medical Center as well as serving on the Executive Board of the Tenet Healthcare Corporation, located in Dallas, Texas, which owns DMC.
Pictured to the right, Frank Torre and TV personality Rhonda Walker, present the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan’s Heroes Award to one of the patients. Frank Torre is Chairman of Boys Hope and Girls Hope of Detroit, an academic scholarship program for underprivileged youth in the metro Detroit area, and supports its various philanthropic endeavors and activities.
The 21st Annual Golf Classic to support the Boys Hope and Girls Hope of Detroit was held the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Frank Torre has been responsible for raising over $2.5 million at this annual event.
Frank Torre, in collaboration with Roger Penske, owner of Team Penske and the Penske Automotive Group (PAG), maintains a major role in the annual Detroit Grand Prix races, a professional auto racing event which is held on Detroit’s Belle Isle that brings together public and private communities and international attendance. A
by Admin | Dec 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Frank Torre attending the Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson’s 2013 Birthday Party
Frank Torre, CEO of Signal Restoration Services, Michigan’s leading restoration company, attends L. Brooks Patterson’s Birthday Party at the Royal Park Hotel in downtown Rochester. More than 500 guests attended the black-tie event, which offered a VIP reception, included the unveiling of a bronze bust of L. Brooks Patterson.
L. Brooks Patterson has transformed Oakland County and southeast Michigan into one of the best places to live, work, play and raise a family.
In his sixth four-year term as chief executive officer of one of America’s most affluent and progressive counties, L. Brooks Patterson has created some of the most innovative programs in the US.
by Admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Upon hearing that neither the county nor its road commission had funds to pave the road in the Great Lakes National Cemetery because it didn’t fall under current construction programs, Frank Torre, CEO of Signal Restoration Services and Torre and Bruglio, Inc., donated the funds needed to help pave Belford Road. The Great Lakes National Veterans Cemetery in Michigan held funeral honors by the United States Marine Corps and an official entry was named in honor of Frank Torre’s father, Frank Torre Sr., a World War II United States Marine Corps combat veteran.
In recognition for the generous contribution, the executives in Oakland County had named a portion of the road in Holly Township after Frank Torre Sr., known as “PFC Frank Torre Sr. Drive”. PFC Frank Torre Sr. Drive is pictured below.
The Great Lakes National Veterans Cemetery is supported by the Great Lakes National Cemetery Advisory Council, a bipartisan council that, regardless of party affiliation, and amid a politically charged climate, uses its connections to support volunteer veteran service organization with assistance from the Department of Defense funeral honors team.
by Admin | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Winning Futures Opening Day Party
Frank Torre, a Michigan Businessman and Entrepreneur, attended the Winning Futures opening day party in Metro Detroit to support for the mentoring and scholarship program.
Winning Futures is a nonprofit goal setting, mentoring, and scholarship program for teens sponsored by local businesses in helped raise funds to support the Winning Futures’ mentoring programs in Detroit, Harper Woods, Madison Heights, Pontiac and Warren, enabling high school students to partner with business mentors for the school year.
Contributions from the event will also support scholarships and honor real heroes in the community that are changing lives, inspiring others and have made a difference through extraordinary commitment, integrity, selflessness and courage.
The Opening Day Party was held at the Gem Theatre in downtown Detroit where more than 400 people attended, which included a live and silent auction, a raffle, and a lunch buffet.
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by Admin | Oct 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Detroit Tigers and Riverwalk
A Michigan native, Frank Torre is the founder of Torre & Bruglio Inc., one of the country’s largest providers of landscaping, construction, and horticultural services. Torre & Bruglio’s Sports Division built the Detroit Tigers athletic field at Comerica Park as well as revitalized the Riverwalk on the Detroit River.
The Detroit Tigers athletic field at Comerica Park and the revitalized Riverwalk on the Detroit River, are both pictured below.
(The famous Detroit Tigers athletic field at Comerica Park.)
(The revitalized Riverwalk on the Detroit River. )
Apart from his professional responsibilities, Frank Torre supports a number of philanthropic activities and community organizations without regard to partisan affiliation in a politically charged climate. Mr. Torre believes that supporting philanthropic causes is the responsibility of every successful business owner. As such, and in line with Mr. Torre’s philosophy on philanthropy, Frank Torre currently serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Detroit Medical Center’s Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM). A member of the Detroit Medical Center, The Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan is one of the nation’s largest providers of physical medicine and rehabilitation services.
