As part of the effort to modernize the South, Grady and many others also supported the creation of the Georgia School of Technology (now the Georgia Institute of Technology), which was founded on the city's northern outskirts in 1885.
Som en del af arbejdet med at modernisere syden, støttede Grady og mange andre oprettelsen af Georgia School of Technology (nu Georgia Institute of Technology), der blev grundlagt i byens nordlige udkant i 1885.