diff --git a/pylons_app/lib/base.py b/pylons_app/lib/base.py
--- a/pylons_app/lib/base.py
+++ b/pylons_app/lib/base.py
@@ -5,14 +5,25 @@ Provides the BaseController class for su
 from pylons.controllers import WSGIController
 from pylons.templating import render_mako as render
 from pylons_app.model import meta
+from beaker.cache import cache_region
+from pylons import tmpl_context as c
+from pylons_app.model.hg_model import HgModel
 
 class BaseController(WSGIController):
-
+    def _load_repos(self):
+                
+        @cache_region('long_term', 'repo_list_2')
+        def _get_repos():
+            return [rep['name'] for rep in HgModel().get_repos()]
+        
+        c.repo_list = _get_repos()
+        
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
         """Invoke the Controller"""
         # WSGIController.__call__ dispatches to the Controller method
         # the request is routed to. This routing information is
         # available in environ['pylons.routes_dict']
+        self._load_repos()
         try:
             return WSGIController.__call__(self, environ, start_response)
         finally: