Complex sentence: There was a rumor going around through e-mails in 2009 that this Disney Park was going to be built in Belmar, NJ, thus being only about 10 minutes from the city of Philadelphia.
Split into simpler sentences: There was a rumor going around through e-mails in 2009 that this Disney Park was going to be built in Belmar, NJ. Thus being only about 10 minutes from the city of Philadelphia.