DENVER -- When the Democratic National Convention comes to town later this summer, there will likely be more problems than your average convention.

The convention, scheduled for Aug. 25 - 28, promises to create headaches for those living downtown.

Thousands live downtown, and several thousand more will be coming downtown during the last week of August. There will be road blocks, Secret Service and protests, and residents said now is the time to develop a plan ensuring they can get to and from home safely.

"The city of Denver is showing a lot of western hospitality," said John Maslanik, president of the Downtown Denver Residents Organization.

Maslanik said so far, the DNC host committee has communicated well.

"But there's one piece that seems to missing and that's kind of this question about security for the residents and access," said Maslanik.

And with a red-hot race and the possibility of a brokered convention, downtown residents want a plan in place ensuring residential access and safety sooner rather than later.

"Because then people get defensive and angry and I don't think there's any need for that," said Maslanik.

Downtown residents are quite familiar with large crowds.

"We're expecting between 10,000 to 15,000 people both Saturday and again on Monday," said Kate McCoy, a server at Fado's Irish Pub. Fado's is putting up two huge tents for this weekend's St. Patrick's Day festivities.

"Heated tents, cold beer," said McCoy.

And some downtown residents like Ron Pinson actually enjoy the crowds. "Well I think when you move downtown you have to assume that there's going to be crowds," said Pinson, who moved with his wife to downtown Denver from Grand Junction eight years ago.

The Colorado Rockies' recent run to the World Series brought hundreds of thousands to LoDo, numbers that could possibly pale in comparison to this summer's DNC.

The DDRO is planning a meeting in April with police and other community leaders.