A group of local banks has committed $81,434 to purchase furnishings for 13 apartments and the construction of a picnic pavilion and other amenities for Patriot Place, a new apartment complex for veterans created through a partnership of the Columbia Housing Authority and Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital. The seven banks contributing are UMB Bank, Merchants and Farmers Bank, Landmark Bank, Commerce Bank, Central Bank of Boone County, The Bank of Missouri and Bank of America. The gift will be made on Friday, March 11, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at Patriot Place, 2112 Business Loop 70 East.