https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/ With Grégory Doucet re-elected mayor in March 2026, Lyon is preparing a natural river swimming site at Confluence for summer 2027 and renovating heritage buildings for culture and ecology. en https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/confluence-swimming-site/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/confluence-swimming-site/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe Métropole de Lyon has confirmed the city's plan for a natural swimming site at the Confluence dock, targeting a summer 2027 opening for a roughly 1,500 m² daytime area capped at 300 people. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/neyret-ecological-transition-hub/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/neyret-ecological-transition-hub/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMTLyon has designated the Pali Pali group, working with partners including Greenpeace, to run an ecological transition venue in the former École des Beaux-Arts, a building of nearly 6,000 m² under a €15 million rehabilitation, with works planned for 2027. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/rue-grenette-consultation/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/rue-grenette-consultation/Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMTLyon's month-long online consultation on rue Grenette drew a record 17,517 respondents, and 72.3% of them favour keeping the Presqu'île street, a public-transport lane used by nearly 90,000 people a day, free of car traffic. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/4-velos-cycling-label/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/4-velos-cycling-label/Tue, 26 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTLyon has received the top "4 vélos" level of the "Ville à vélo du Tour de France" label, the only French city at that level among the 25 cities recognised this year, with 81 points in the assessment. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/villa-gillet-renovation/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/lyon/news/villa-gillet-renovation/Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTLyon has begun a €3.15 million renovation of the Villa Gillet literary centre in the Parc de la Cerisaie, with works started in spring 2026 and delivery planned for the end of 2027, including writers' residences in the converted attic.