On a departure from the main point of this thread: I agree with Turbo.
If a town can sponsor a 5k or 10k run and close down some city streets or parking lots for the day, why not extend the street closure three more hours and sponsor a crit or circuit race? Can you imagine the junior turnout for something like that?
It wouldn't need to be a big UCA event, but as a grassroots bike race movement it could be pretty cool.
I ride, I write.