Editing Princeton Junction, New Jersey (section)

==Business and industry==
The turn of the century saw the closure of Lick-It ice cream, a tiny kiosk-like yellow building that served ice cream to walk-in and [[drive-through]] customers, always including a trademark nonpareil in the ice cream. The site is now occupied by PNC Bank opened in 2006.<ref>[https://www.communitynews.org/news/building-product-are-green/article_14ce6e31-43b7-5ad2-a7fa-af23a1b070e5.html "Building & Product Are Green"], ''Community News'', December 1, 2006. Accessed December 18, 2023. "On the corner lot where the popular Lick-It ice cream stand once stood, PNC Bank is opening its new West Windsor branch, at 38 Princeton-Hightstown Road, with a community celebration featuring a free money giveaway, celebrity guest Joe Morris, former running back of the New York Giants, free food, and prizes."</ref>

In 2009, Princeton Junction saw the closure of an Acme Supermarket, which had been an anchor tenant in the Windsor Plaza Shopping Center for nearly 40 years; the {{convert|33000|sqft|adj=on}} store closed in the face of the opening of larger and more modern supermarkets nearby.<ref>[https://www.nj.com/mercer/2009/04/acme_supermarket_is_closing_af.html "Acme supermarket is closing after 39 years in West Windsor"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 18, 2009. Accessed December 18, 2023. "A key tenant is moving out of a shopping center that was the focus of much redevelopment talk during the township's recent planning for a town center in Princeton Junction. Acme Markets confirmed this week it is closing its 39-year-old supermarket on Princeton-Hightstown Road. The 33,000 square foot market, which will be shuttered on May 7, has been dwarfed by bigger supermarkets that have emerged in West Windsor and Lawrence over the past decade."</ref>

Some residents blame the "deterioration" of the central Princeton Junction area on a lack of political consensus.<ref name=2009Article>{{cite news |url=http://wwpinfo.com/index.php?option=com_us1more&Itemid=6&key=10-23-2009+crawford&more=1&action=comment |title=WW's Problem: Lots of Talk, Little Action |newspaper=West Windsor & Plainsboro News |date=October 23, 2009 |access-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>