Jumi Consulting Group develops place-based solutions that enable people, communities, and businesses to thrive. Jumi strategically partners with clients from project conception to completion. Consulting expertise at Jumi Consulting Group includes residential, commercial, and mixed-use new construction real estate development, in addition to acquisition rehab developments. The consultancy also collaborates with clients on community development initiatives rooted in urban planning principles.
Inspired by East African culture, the name Jumi derives from a small river in the South Sudanese village of Wajira where people gathered to collect water and cultivate community. Developing robust communities is core to the work at Jumi Consulting Group.
Jumi Consulting Group, LLC is a Black woman-owned consulting firm proudly based in Detroit and partners to make an impact with clients both nationally and globally.
Artist: Richard Wilson
Jubek Yongo-Bure, MRP | Principal
Jubek has managed and closed multimillion dollar real estate transactions for multifamily and single-family new construction and acquisition rehab deals using low income housing tax credits (LIHTC), new markets tax credits (NMTC), grants, and an array of public and private capital. Jubek has managed key project tasks including feasibility analyses, budget development and management, and city review processes. Jubek has also initiated partnerships with civic, health, community, and faith-based organizations to implement social justice initiatives throughout the nation.
Jubek has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Community Action Social Change from the University of Michigan, and a Master in Regional Planning with a concentration in Economic and Community Development from Cornell University.
Jubek loves traveling, gardening, and taking photos of Detroit’s historic architecture and remarkably beautiful murals. Jubek was raised in metro-Detroit and the great city of Flint.