Mary Thompson proposes use for old Park Rapids liquor store The city's staff, legal counsel and finance committee will consider whether to lease the building to the Heartland Lakes Development Commission and the Entrepreneurial Accelerator Resource and Technology Hangar as headquarters. The City Council also fielded a proposal on Jan. 26 to write a grant for a historic commemoration project. 9:00 am, Jan. 30, 2021 × The Heartland Lakes Development Commission has asked the City of Park Rapids to consider letting the HLDC use the old municipal liquor store building as its headquarters rent-free for 10 years. (Shannon Geisen/Enterprise) Mary Thompson with the Heartland Lakes Development Commission asked the Park Rapids City Council on Tuesday to consider letting the HLDC and a partner entity use the old municipal liquor store as their headquarters.