urban-gro, Inc.

Hello and welcome to the Urban Grow, Inc. 2023 first quarter earnings conference call. As a brief reminder, all participants are currently in a listen only mode. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star then zero on your telephone keypad. Following the presentation, there will be a question and answer session for those on the teleconference line. Please note that this conference call is being recorded. and a replay will be made available on the company's website following the end of the call. At this time, I'd like to turn the conference call over to Dan Drohler, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at UrbanGrowth.

Sir, please go ahead. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us.

Today's call will be led by Brad Mattress, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Dick Ackrey, Chief Financial Officer. I'd like to remind our listeners that remarks made during this call will include discussion of non-GAAP metrics, including adjusted EBITDA and backlog. These items should not be utilized as a substitute for UrbanGrowth's financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of our GAAP net loss to adjusted EBITDA are available in our press release and in our Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of our website. On this call, We may state management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or future projections. These are forward-looking statements and involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements on this call are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the federal security laws and are based on Urban Grow's current expectations. Actual results could differ materially. As a result, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these contemplated by such forward-looking statements are discussed in the periodic reports to Urban Grow files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These documents are available in the Investors section of the company's website and on the Securities and Exchange Commission's website. We do encourage you to review these documents carefully. Lastly, a copy of our earnings press release and a webcast replay for today's call may be found on the Investor Relations section of our website at ir.urban-grow.com. With that, I'll now turn the call over to Brad.